Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these. 2. (n.) Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope. 3. (n.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. 4. (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam. 5. (n.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. 6. (v. t.) To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. 7. (v. t.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. 8. (v. i.) To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum. 9. (v. i.) Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table. 10. (v. t.) To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner. 11. (v. t.) Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia THRUM thrum: In Isaiah 38:12 the Revised Version (British and American) reads "He will cut me off from the loom," margin "thrum." "Thrum" is a technical term of weavers, denoting the threads of the warp hanging down in a loom, suiting dallah, "that which hangs down" (Songs 7:5, "hair"). A misinterpretation of "hanging down" is responsible for the King James' "pining sickness."

Multi-Version Concordance Thrum (2 Occurrences) Isaiah 38:12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. (See JPS DBY) Amos 6:5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; (See JPS)