a. Now rare. [f. THRUM sb.2 + -Y.] Consisting of, characterized by, or resembling thrums; covered with thrums; shaggy, downy, velvety. Formerly of flowers with conspicuous anthers, of fibrous roots, etc. (cf. THRUM sb.2 4).
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, I. xi. § 2. 13. His roote is … made of many thrummie threds.
1598. Florio, Velutoso, soft, woolly, thrummie, full of silke or veluet.
c. 1600. Chalkhill, Thealma & Cl. (1683), 102. In Furrs yclad, And on her Head a thrummy Cap she had.
1659. Torriano, Filaccio, course raw silk, thrummy yarn.
1697. J. Petiver, in Phil. Trans., XIX. 680. At the top of each Branch stand small thrummy Flowers.
1703. Dampier, Voy., III. I. 158. A Columella thick set with thrummy apiculæ which argue this Plant to belong to the Malvaceous kind.
1909. A. Reid, Kirriemuir, ii. 11. The weaver’s dress was often very ‘thrummy.’
