drumming log (drum ing log)

A log to which a bird, as a grouse, resorts to drum. drummock (drum'ok), n. [Sc., also written drammock, dramock, drammach, etc., To tremble under Fortune's crummock, On scarce a bellyfu' o' drummock , Wi' his proud, independent stomach Could ill agree. Burns, On a Scotch Bard. IMG:content-0032.png:[blocks in formation] Beats like an ill-played drum - skin quick and slow. Library Mag ., III. 801.