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| Drum |
| [Cf. D. trom,
trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel, Dan.
tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel.
pruma a clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan.
drum a booming sound, drumm |
An instrument
of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end
of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a
stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece
of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in
martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or
cavalry band.
Anything resembling a drum in form
See
Drumfish.
A noisy, tumultuous assembly of
fashionable people at a private house; a rout.
A tea party; a kettledrum.
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To beat a drum with sticks]
to beat or play a tune on a drum.
To beat with the fingers, as with
drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a
noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums
with his wings.
To throb, as the heart.
To go about, as a drummer does, to gather
recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with
for.
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To
execute on a drum, as a tune.
(With out) To expel ignominiously,
with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a
camp, etc.
(With up) To assemble by, or as by,
beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to
drum up recruits; to drum up customers.
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