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An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal. Earthings oft her deemed a deity. Drummond.

rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like. Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. Shak.

Divinely inspired. [Obs.] Drummond.

To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Drummond.

The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. A. Drummond.

subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. -- Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. -- Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow. -- Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.…

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment. -- Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a…

stibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. -- Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. -- Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally sup…

of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare. A flourish, trumpets! strike alarum, drums! Shak.

with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] Drummond.

Having four hands; quadrumanous. Goldsmith.

To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum. Knoght.

One of the drums of the shaft of a column.

The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.

One who calculates nativities. Sir W. Drummond.

ld. The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. H. Drummond.

stain In which two swords he bore; his word, "Divide and reign." P. Fletcher. Follow thy drum; With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules. Shak. Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns. Beau. & Fl.

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.

rn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal substance of the horn. -- Horn drum, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising water. -- Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of lead. -- Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] Shak. -- Horn mercury. (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below). -- Horn poppy (Bot.),…

To adorn with a crest. [R.] Drummond.