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VERBS 2. to make one's way by pushing or jostling; to push, jostle (chiefly Scottish and dialect) 3. to press or rub between the finger and thumb; to finger, to handle over-much or awkwardly (chiefly Scottish and dialect) 4. to fumble, grope (chiefly Scottish and dialect) 5. to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar or harp, by plucking the strings; to strum (obsolete rare) 6. to stumble (obsolete rare) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY apparently a derivative of thrum vb. (? related to thrum, n. (a company or body of people or animals)) EXAMPLE (for verb 1): From: Sermons and Life of Mr. Robert Bruce, Minister of Edinburgh, Edited by the Rev. William Cunningham, 1843 Sermons Upon The Sacrament of The Lord's Supper
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