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Webster 1913 Edition

Thrum

Thrum

(thrŭm)
,
Noun.
[OE.
thrum
,
throm
; akin to OD.
drom
, D.
dreum
, G.
trumm
, lump, end, fragment, OHG.
drum
end, Icel.
þrömr
edge, brim, and L.
terminus
a limit, term. Cf.
Term
.]
[Written also
thrumb
.]
1.
One of the ends of weaver’s threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.
2.
Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.
3.
(Bot.)
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
4.
(Mining)
A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
5.
(Naut.)
A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
Thrum cap
,
a knitted cap.
Halliwell.
–
Thrum hat
,
a hat made of coarse woolen cloth.
Minsheu.

Thrum

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Thrummed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Thrumming
.]
1.
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Are we born to
thrum
caps or pick straw?
Quarles.
2.
(Naut.)
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in;
as, to
thrum
a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface
.
Totten.

Thrum

,
Verb.
I.
[CF. Icel.
[GREEK]ruma
to rattle, to thunder, and E.
drum
.]
1.
To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.
2.
Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise;
as, to
thrum
on a table
.

Thrum

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.
2.
Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thrum

THRUM

,
Noun.
[Gr. a fragment; to break.] The ends of weaver's threads.
1.
Any coarse yarn.
2.
Thrums, among gardeners, the thread-like internal bushy parts of flowers; the stamens.

THRUM

,
Verb.
I.
To play coarsely on an instrument with the fingers.

THRUM

,
Verb.
T.
To weave; to know; to twist; to fringe.
1.
Among seamen, to insert short pieces of rope-yard or spun yard in a sail or mat.

Definition 2024

thrum

thrum

English

Alternative forms

Noun

thrum ‎(plural thrums)

  1. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. Also fig.
    • 2014 October 25, Jeff Gordinier, “In search of the perfect taco”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine (international edition), page 100:
      The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice.

Verb

thrum ‎(third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)

  1. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
    She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
  2. To make a monotonous drumming noise.
    to thrum on a table
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English throm from Old English tunge-þrum from Proto-Germanic *þrum-. Cognate of Old Norse thrǫmr ‎(“edge, brim”) and German Trumm.

Noun

thrum ‎(plural thrums)

  1. the ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
  2. (chiefly in plural) a fringe made of such threads.
  3. any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
  4. (botany) a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
  5. (botany) a tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
  6. (anatomy) a bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
  7. (nautical, chiefly in plural) small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
  8. (nautical) a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
  9. (mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

Translations

Verb

thrum ‎(third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)

  1. to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
    • Quarles
      are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
  2. (nautical) to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
    to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

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