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Tympanize :: Tympanize (v. t.) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum..

Drum Major :: Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.

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

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock..

Vase :: Vase (n.) The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum..

Drumhead :: Drumhead (n.) The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

Hind :: Hind (n.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind..

Drum Major :: Drum major () The marching leader of a military band.

Monkey :: Monkey (n.) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs..

Coriander :: Coriander (n.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative..

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 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..

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) The squeteague.

Tambour :: Tambour (n.) Same as Drum, n., 2(d)..

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

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

Drum :: Drum (n.) 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..

Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A California sculpin.

Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum..

Thrum :: Thrum (v. i.) Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table..

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