"Thrum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... round and round in bands, And thrum upon the door, And birds take places overhead, ...
— Poems: Three Series, Complete • Emily Dickinson
... are long, appearing in the centre or throat of the flower, while the style is short, the stigma being situated halfway down the tube at the same level as the stamens in the other form. These two forms have long been known to florists as the "pin-eyed" and the "thrum-eyed," but they are called by Darwin the long-styled and short-styled ...
— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace
... and presently, moving with the silent grace of swans on still water, came four girls closely veiled, carrying quaintly-shaped harps and lutes. A Nubian servant followed them, and spread a gold-embroidered carpet upon the ground, whereon they all sat down and began to thrum the strings of their instruments in a muffled, dreamy manner, playing a music which had nothing of melody in it, and which yet vaguely suggested a passionate tune. This thrumming went on for some ...
— Ziska - The Problem of a Wicked Soul • Marie Corelli |
