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<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with <i>for</i>.</def>

<h1>Drum</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drum</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To execute on a drum, as a tune.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>(With <i>out</i>) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; <as>as, to <ex>drum</ex> out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>(With <i>up</i>) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; <as>as, to <ex>drum</ex> up recruits; to <ex>drum</ex> up customers.</as></def>

<h1>Drumbeat</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drum"beat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.</def>

<blockquote>Whose morning <b>drumbeat</b>, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drumble</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drum"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Drumly</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To mumble in speaking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Drumfish</h1> <Xpage=457>

<hw>Drum"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>any fish of the family <i>Sci\'91nid\'91</i>, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also <altname>drum</altname>.</def>

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<note>&hand; The common drumfish (<spn>Pogonias chromis</spn>) is a large species, common south of New Jersey. The southern red drum or red horse (<spn>Sci\'91na ocellata</spn>), and the fresh-water drum or croaker (<spn>Aplodionotus grunniens</spn>), are related species.</note>

<h1>Drumhead</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Drum"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Capstan</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Drumhead court-martial</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table.</cd></cs>

<h1>Drumlin</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Drum"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>druim</ets> the ridge of a hill.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.</def>

<h1>Drumly</h1> <Xpage=458>

<hw>Drum"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Droumy</er>.]</ety> <def>Turbid; muddy.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>