banded-drum

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• Banded

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Band>>. ...

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• 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...

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• drum

  See storm-drum. ...

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• Close-banded

  ·adj Closely united. ...

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• Cross-banded

  ·adj A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furnitu...

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• banded-kangaroo

  i.q. Banded-Wallaby. See lagostrophus and wallaby. ...

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• banded-wallaby

  n. sometimes called Banded-Kangaroo. See Lagostrophus and Wallaby. ...

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• banded-mail

  A kind of armour which consisted of alternate rows of leather or cotton and single chain-mail. ...

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• 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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• hum drum

  A hum drum fellow; a dull tedious narrator, a bore; also a set of gentlemen, who (Bailey says) used ...

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• mire-drum

  a bittern. Norf. ...

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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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• ant-eater, banded

  See banded ant-eater. ...

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• banded ant-eater

  n. name given to a smallterrestrial and ant-eating marsupial, Myrmecobiusfasciatus, Waterh, found i...

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• mire-bumper and mire-drum

  North-country names of the bittern. ...

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