Part 2033

<hw>Clum"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.</def>

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<hw>Clump</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>klomp</ets> lump, G. <ets>klump</ets>, <ets>klumpen</ets>, Dan. <ets>klump</ets>, Sw. <ets>kllimp</ets>; perh. akin to L. <ets>globus</ets>, E. <ets>globe</ets>. Cf. <er>Club</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cluster; a group; a thicket.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>clump</b> of shrubby trees. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The compressed clay of coal strata.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

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<hw>Clump</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.</def>

<i>Blackmore.</i>

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<hw>Clump</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To tread clumsily; to clamp.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Clumper</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clump"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>kl\'81mpern</ets> to clod. See <er>Clump</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To form into clumps or masses.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Vapors . . . <b>clumpered</b> in balls of clouds. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Clumps</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.</def>

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<hw>Clump"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Clump</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless.</def>

<i>Leigh Hunt.</i>

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<hw>Clum"si*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; <as>as, to walk <ex>clumsily</ex></as>.</def>

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<hw>Clum"si*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being clusy.</def>

<blockquote>The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to <b>clumsiness</b> and ignorance. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Clum"sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Clumsier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Clumsiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>clumsed</ets> benumbed, fr. <ets>clumsen</ets> to be benumbed; cf. Icel. <ets>klumsa</ets> lockjaw, dial. Sw. <ets>klummsen</ets> benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st <er>Clam</er>, and 1st <er>Clamp</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>