thrum

/θɹʌm/ · noun

Meaning

A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
A spicy taste; a tang.
To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
To make a monotonous drumming noise.
The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
(chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.
Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
Made of or woven from thrum.

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