Definition of drum

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Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for..

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Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like..
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs..
Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff..
Ape :: Ape (n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes..
Gin :: Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim..
Rataplan :: Rataplan (n.) The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse..
Uniphonous :: Uniphonous (a.) Having but one sound, as the drum..
Chamade :: Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caugh.
Piping :: Piping (v.) Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife..
Drum Major :: Drum major () A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4..
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) The squeteague.
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
Cage :: Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
Troop :: Troop (n.) A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
Humdrum :: Humdrum (a.) Monotonous; dull; commonplace.
Recall :: Recall (n.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum..
Fife :: Fife (n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music..
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