drum cylinder press

Print.: One having a large hollow cylinder. A feature in several forms of pre es. drum-fish, s . A popular name for a genus of fishes, so called from the peculiar drumming or grunting noise which they make under water. There are two species, one of which, Pogonias chromis , is found on the coast of Florida and Georgia. "The under-jaw of the drum-fish from Virginia." Woodward. drum-head, s. 1. Ord. Lang.: The head or top of a drum. 2. Naut .: The head of the capstan, having square holes to receive the bars. Drum-head court - martial: Mil.: A court-martial hastily summoned, as in the field, or on some sudden emergency. The expre ion is sometimes used figuratively, to expre any sharp and summary method of procedure. drum-major, 8. Military: 1. The chief or first drummer of a regiment. 2. The name of an officer in the British army who is responsible for the instruction of drummers in the various roll-calls, and for the invention and construction of new beats, communicated by order of the major of the regiment to the drummers. The office does not appear to be older than the time of Charles II. There was formerly an officer in the royal household called the drum-major general, who granted licenses to other than the royal troops for the use of drums in their regiments. ( Stainer & Barrett .) 3. In this country the name given to a leader or conductor of a military or marching band, who precedes the other members of the band, and marks the time of the composition being played by various evolutions with a long globe-topped staff which he carries. IMG:content-0586.png:[blocks in formation] I. Lit .: The act or science of beating or playing on a drum. II. Figuratively : 1. The act of making a noise like that of a drum; a noise like that of a drum. "The drumming of the umbrinas in the European seas Darwin: Descent of Man , pt. ii., ch. xii. "This indeed makes a noise and drums in popular is said to be audible from a depth of twenty fathoms."ears."-Browne: Vulgar Errors. IMG:content-0587.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The act of expelling from a regiment in disgrace (with out ).