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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.

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