Vocabulary : Drum to Drummed
Drum : 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. ;; Anything resembling a drum in form ;; A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. ;; A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. ;; The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane. ;; One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome. ;; A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or strapDrum major : . ;; The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers. ;; The marching leader of a military band. ;; A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n., 4.
Drum winding : A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of the cylinder; -- distinguished from ring winding, etc.
Drumbeat : The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Drumble : To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused. ;; To mumble in speaking.
