thrum

1. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
2. A spicy taste; a tang.

1. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.

   She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.

2. To make a monotonous drumming noise.

   to thrum on a table

1. The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
2. (chiefly in plural) A fringe made of such threads.
3. Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
4. A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
5. A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
6. A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
7. (chiefly in plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
8. A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
9. A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
2. To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.

   to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface

adjective

Made of or woven from thrum.