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Call :: Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty..

Cymbal :: Cymbal (n.) A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller..

Drum :: Drum (v. t.) (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..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat..

Quadrumana :: Quadrumana (n. pl.) A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; -- so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone..

Tam-tam :: Tam-tam (n.) A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom.

Vibrant :: Vibrant (a.) Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums..

Rattle :: Rattle (n.) A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum..

Oxycalcium :: Oxycalcium (a.) Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light..

Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.

Eardrum :: Eardrum (n.) The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caugh.

Rigger :: Rigger (n.) A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.

Catarrhine :: Catarrhine (n.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters..

Timbal :: Timbal (n.) A kettledrum. See Tymbal.

Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. i.) To drum.

Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery..

Frustum :: Frustum (n.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.

Tympano :: Tympano (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.

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