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DrummedDrum Drum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drumming.]
1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
drum.
2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
wings.
Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
--W. Irving.
3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for. DrummerDrummer Drum"mer, n.
1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military
exercises and marching.
2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq.
U.S.] --Bartlett.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as:
(a) The squeteague.
(b) A California sculpin.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta
gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call. DrummingDrum Drum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drumming.]
1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a
drum.
2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with
a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that
of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his
wings.
Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair.
--W. Irving.
3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] --Dryden.
4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to
draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for. Drumming
Drumming Drum"ming, n.
The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the
noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by
beating his wings upon his sides.
Drummond lightDrummond light Drum"mond light` [From Thomas Drummond, a
British naval officer.]
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas,
one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of
ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas
through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; --
called also oxycalcium light, or lime light.
Note: The name is also applied sometimes to a heliostat,
invented by Drummond, for rendering visible a distant
point, as in geodetic surveying, by reflecting upon it
a beam of light from the sun. Drummond lightCalcium Cal"ci*um (k[a^]l"s[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., from L. calx,
calcis, lime; cf F. calcium. See Calx.] (Chem.)
An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen
forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and
malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of
elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.
Note: Calcium is widely and abundantly disseminated, as in
its compounds calcium carbonate or limestone, calcium
sulphate or gypsum, calcium fluoride or fluor spar,
calcium phosphate or apatite.
Calcium light, an intense light produced by the
incandescence of a stick or ball of lime in the flame of a
combination of oxygen and hydrogen gases, or of oxygen and
coal gas; -- called also Drummond light. DrummondiiSarracenia Sar`ra*ce"ni*a, n. [NL. So named after a Dr.
Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.)
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the
American pitcher plant.
Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and
solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style.
Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle flower, is common
at the North; S. flava, rubra, Drummondii,
variolaris, and psittacina are Southern species.
All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in
their curious leaves. See Illust. of Sidesaddle
flower, under Sidesaddle. E Drummond-hayiHind Hind, n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G.
hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth.
hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. ? a young
deer.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of the red deer, of which the male
is the stag.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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. Kettledrummer
Kettledrummer Ket"tle*drum`mer, n.
One who plays on a kettledrum.
Marsilea DrummondiiNardoo Nar*doo", n. (Bot.)
An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved
cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.
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