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  • 31thrum — ► VERB (thrummed, thrumming) 1) make a continuous rhythmic humming sound. 2) strum (the strings of a musical instrument) in a rhythmic way. ► NOUN ▪ a continuous rhythmic humming sound. ORIGIN imitative …

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  • 32drone — n. & v. n. 1 a non working male of the honey bee, whose sole function is to mate with fertile females. 2 an idler. 3 a deep humming sound. 4 a monotonous speech or speaker. 5 a a pipe, esp. of a bagpipe, sounding a continuous note of fixed low… …

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  • 33Stroh Brewery Company — The Stroh Brewery Company was a beer brewery located in Detroit, Michigan. In addition to their own Stroh s brand, they produced or bought the rights to several other brands including Schlitz, Augsburger, Erlanger (beer), Lone Star, Old Milwaukee …

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  • 34hummingbird — /hum ing berrd /, n. a very small nectar sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming… …

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  • 35venous hum — n a humming sound sometimes heard during auscultation of the veins of the neck esp. in anemia * * * a continuous blowing, singing, or humming murmur heard on auscultation over the right jugular vein in the sitting or erect position; it is an… …

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  • 36drone — I. n. 1. Male honey bee. 2. Idler, sluggard, lounger, idle fellow, lazy fellow, do nothing, good for nothing. 3. Humming, humming noise. 4. Droning pipe (in bagpipe), drone pipe. II. v. n. 1. Lounge, dawdle, idle, waste time in trifles, live in… …

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  • 37ring — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hring; akin to Old High German hring ring, Old Church Slavic krǫgŭ circle Date: before 12th century 1. a circular band for holding, connecting, hanging, pulling, packing, or sealing < a key ring …

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  • 38Viol — Not to be confused with Viola. Viol String instrument Other names Viola da gamba Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.322 71 (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow) Developed Late 15th century from the vihuela …

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  • 39ceremonial object — ▪ religion Introduction  any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony.       Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in cults, rituals, and sacred ceremonies have almost always been of both utilitarian and symbolic&#8230; …

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  • 40Flight feather — Flight feathers are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges (singular remex) while those on the tail are called rectrices (singular rectrix).&#8230; …

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