Definition of drum

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Drum (n.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome..

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Drumly :: Drumly (a.) Turbid; muddy.
Vase :: Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) 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..
Trick :: Trick (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning..
Call :: Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty..
Chamade :: Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
Croaker :: Croaker (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum.
Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. i.) To drum.
Trundlehead :: Trundlehead (n.) The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis..
Oxycalcium :: Oxycalcium (a.) Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light..
Uniphonous :: Uniphonous (a.) Having but one sound, as the drum..
Ruba-dub :: Ruba-dub (n.) The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter..
Unbrace :: Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves..
Tabor :: Tabor (n.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person..
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caugh.
General :: General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general..
Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation..
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call..
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