Part 6689

<h1>Lumachel, Lumachella</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw><hw>Lu"ma*chel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lu`ma*chel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lumachelle</ets>, It. <ets>lumachella</ets>, fr. <ets>lamachella</ets> a little snail, dim. of <ets>lumaca</ets> a snail, fr. L. <ets>limax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called <altname>fire marble</altname>, from its fiery reflections.</def>

<h1>Lumbaginous</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lum*bag"i*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to lumbago.</def>

<h1>Lumbago</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lum*ba"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>lumbus</ets> loin. See <er>Lumbar</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.</def>

<h1>Lumbar, Lumbal</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw><hw>Lum"bar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lum"bal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lumbus</ets> loin. See <er>Loin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; <as>as, the <ex>lumbar</ex> arteries</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Lumbar region</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias regions, and outside of the umbilical region.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lumber</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lum"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>Lombard</ets>, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A <ets>lumber</ets> room was, according to Trench, originally a <ets>Lombard</ets> room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See <er>Lombard</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They put all the little plate they had in the <b>lumber</b>, which is pawning it, till the ships came. <i>Lady Murray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>Lumber kiln</col>, <cd>a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Lumber room</col>, <cd>a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark> -- <col>Lumber wagon</col>, <cd>a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lumber</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lum"ber</hw>, <tt>b. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lumbered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lumbering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To heap together in disorder.</def> " Stuff <i>lumbered</i> together."

<i>Rymer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill or encumber with lumber; <as>as, to <ex>lumber</ex> up a room</as>.</def>

<h1>Lumber</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lum"ber</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move heavily, as if burdened.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. dial. Sw. <ets>lomra</ets> to resound.]</ety> <def>To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Lumberer</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lum"ber*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Lumberers</b> have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lumbering</h1> <Xpage=874>