strum

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Strummed p. pr. & vb. n. Strumming. ] [ Probably of imitative origin. Cf. Thrum. ] To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a scrofulous tumor. ] 1. (Med.) Scrofula. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scrofulous; strumous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. strumosus: cf. F. strumeux. ] 1. (Med.) Strumous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having a struma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Scrofulous; having struma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being strumous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. strumpet, strompet; cf. OF. stupe debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum debauchery, Gael. & Ir. striopach a prostitute. ] A prostitute; a harlot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out on thy more than strumpet impudence. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To debauch. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander. [ 1913 Webster ]

With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]