hum drum

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• Hum

  ·noun An imposition or hoax. II. Hum ·noun Any inarticulate and buzzing sound. III. Hum ·noun A bu...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• to hum

  To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device. A humbug; a jocular imposition, or deception. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hum

  for home, common in New England. Well, well, I know it now--'hum is hum, be it ever so humbly.' I a...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Drum

  ·vi To throb, as the heart. II. Drum ·noun A tea party; a kettledrum. III. Drum ·vt To execute on ...

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• drum

  n. a bundle; more usually calleda swag (q.v.). 1866. Wm. Starner, `Recollections of a Life of Adve...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• drum

  See storm-drum. ...

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• hum box

  A pulpit. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hum cap

  Very old and strong beer, called also stingo. See stingo. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hum durgeon

  An imaginary illness. He has got the humdurgeon, the thickest part of his thigh is nearest his a-se;...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Bass drum

  ·- The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. ...

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• Drum major

  ·- ... II. Drum major ·- The marching leader of a military band. III. Drum major ·- A noisy gather...

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• Drum winding

  ·add. ·- A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinde...

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• mire-drum

  a bittern. Norf. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• banded-drum

  See grunter. ...

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• drum-capstan

  A contrivance for weighing heavy anchors, invented by Sir S. Morland, who died in 1695. ...

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• muffled drum

  The sound is thus damped at funerals: passing the spare cord, which is made of drummer's plait (to c...

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• storm-drum

  A canvas cylinder 3 feet in length, expanded at each end by a strong wooden hoop 3 feet in diameter....

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• mire-bumper and mire-drum

  North-country names of the bittern. ...

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