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Tabouret :: Tabouret (n.) A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum..

Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march..

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) The squeteague.

Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler.

Winch :: Winch (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass..

Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

Snare :: Snare (n.) The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan.

Drumble :: Drumble (v. i.) To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused.

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call..

Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like..

Drumlin :: Drumlin (n.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion..

Unbrace :: Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves..

Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..

Tympan :: Tympan (n.) A drum.

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..

Gin :: Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff..

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