Thum"mie (?), n. The chiff-chaff. [Prov. Eng.]

Thum"mim (?), n. pl. [Heb., pl. of thm perfection.] A mysterious part

or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the

note under Urim.

Thump (?), n. [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by

dump, v.t.] 1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy

body, as of a hammer, or the like.

The distant forge's swinging thump profound.

Wordsworth.

With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one.

Coleridge.

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