Definition of thrum

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Thrum (v. i.) To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

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Mop :: Mop (n.) An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle..
Struma :: Strum (v. t. & i.) To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano..
Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Pyrethrin :: Pyrethrin (n.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor..
Podarthrum :: Podarthrum (n.) The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes..
Thrumwort :: Thrumwort (n.) A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus).
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
Thrummy :: Thrummy (a.) Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums..
Thrum :: Thrum (v. i.) To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
Thumb :: Thumb (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Pyrethrine :: Pyrethrine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner..
Thrum :: Thrum (v. i.) Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table..
Feverfew :: Feverfew (n.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities..
Thrummed :: Thrummed (imp. & p. p.) of Thru.
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these..
Pin-eyed :: Pin-eyed (a.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed..
Plethrum :: Plethrum (n.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet..
Fother :: Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack..
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