Thrum

·noun A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

II. Thrum ·noun A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

III. Thrum ·noun Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

IV. Thrum ·noun A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

V. Thrum ·vt To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

VI. Thrum ·vi Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.

VII. Thrum ·vt Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

VIII. Thrum ·vt To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to Fringe.

IX. Thrum ·noun One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

X. Thrum ·vi To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to Strum.

XI. Thrum ·vt 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.