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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lump

Lump (lŭmp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. " A lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This lump of clay." Shak.

2. A mass or aggregation of things.

3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

In the lump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross.

They may buy them in the lump. Addison.

— Lump coal, coal in large lumps; — the largest size brought from the mine. — Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.

Lump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lumping.] 1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.

The expenses ought to be lumped together. Ayliffe.

2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.

Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together. Sterne.

3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it. [Low]

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty. Of the others, 1,362 (a word or a single letter each) were inferred by AI from the context by the dictionary’s own rules and are marked with a wavy underline (tap or point at one to see the note); the rest, which could not be inferred with confidence, are left as “?”.