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A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. Thrum cap, a knitted cap. Halliwell. -- Thrum hat, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. Minsheu.

Having the anthers raised above the stigma, and visible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.

Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums. Dampier. On her head thrummy cap she had. Chalkhill.

A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). Dr. Prior.

A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.

The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes.

Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

s; as, to dress quickly. "To dress for a ball." Latham. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. Tennyson . To dress to the right, To dress to the left, To dress on the center (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide.…

A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack. Totten.

ed for the extermination of insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of Pyrethrum, a genus now merged in Chrysanthemum. Called also Persian powder.

Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers. Gray.

n implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.

he stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of Ant: thrum-eyed.

h, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor.

An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.

e seen floating in the air in summer, the production of spiders; gossamer. -- Thread and thrum, the good and bad together. [Obs.] Shak. -- Thread cell (Zoöl.), a lasso cell. See under Lasso. -- Thread herring (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. See under Gizzard. -- Thread lace, lace made of linen thread. -- Thread needle,…

To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.