Drum major

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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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• Major

  ·adj Of full legal age. II. Major ·adj A person of full age. III. Major ·adj A <<Mayor>>. IV. Maj...

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• major

  The next rank below that of lieutenant-colonel; the junior field-officer. ...

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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 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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• 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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• Petras Major

  PETRAS MAJOR(Πέτρας ὁ μέγας, Scyl. p. 45; Ptol. 4.5.3; Stadiasm. § 33), a harbour of Marmarica, a da...

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• Syrtis Major

  SYRTIS MAJOR and MINOR (Σύρτις μεγάλη καὶ μικρά, Ptol. 4.3), two broad and deep gulfs in the Libyan ...

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• Aid-major

  ·noun The adjutant of a regiment. ...

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• Etat Major

  ·- The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, insp...

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• Major general

  ·- An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of...

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• Major-domo

  ·noun A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also...

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• Tierce-major

  ·noun ·see <<Tierce>>, 4. ...

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• Vis major

  ·add. ·- A superior force which under certain circumstances is held to exempt from contract obligati...

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• major buller

  n. name given to one of thefruits of the Geebong tribe. See Geebong. 1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Wood...

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• major groce

  or Major Grocer name given toone of the fruits of the Geebung tribe. See Geebung,/or Geebong/ and q...

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• major mitchell

  n. vernacular name of a speciesof Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri, Vig. It was calledafter the explor...

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• brigade-major

  A staff officer attached to a brigade, and is the channel through which all orders are received from...

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• fort-major

  An officer on the staff of a garrison or fortress, who has, under the commanding officer, general ch...

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• major axis

  In the orbit of a planet, means the line joining its aphelion and perihelion. ...

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• major-general

  The next in rank below the lieutenant-general. ...

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• sergeant-major

  The senior sergeant in a regiment, or first non-commissioned officer; usually a zealous and thorough...

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• town-major

  An officer in a garrison specially supervising the detail of the guards, and of other local current ...

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• ursa major

  One of the ancient northern constellations. ...

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• major of brigade

  See brigade-major. ...

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• semi-axis major

  See mean distance. ...

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• nubeculæ, major and minor

  The Magellanic clouds (which see). ...

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• mire-bumper and mire-drum

  North-country names of the bittern. ...

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