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<h1>Lump</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lump</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lumped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lumping</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.</def>

<blockquote>The expenses ought to be <b>lumped</b> together. <i>Ayliffe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.</def>

<blockquote>Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment you, I <b>lump</b> all together. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To get along with as one can, although displeased; <as>as, if he does n't like it, he can <ex>lump</ex> it</as>.</def> <mark></mark>

<-- lump together. v. combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. -->

<-- lumpenproletariat -->

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<hw>Lump"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Lamper eel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European eelpout; -- called also <altname>lumpen</altname>.</def>

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<hw>Lump"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who lumps.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.</def>

<h1>Lumpfish</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lump"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lump</er>, on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D. <ets>lump</ets>, F. <ets>lompe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (<spn>Cyclopterus lumpus</spn>) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also <altname>lumpsucker</altname>, <altname>cock-paddle</altname>, <altname>sea owl</altname>.</def>

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<hw>Lump"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bulky; heavy.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Lumpish</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lump"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.</def> " <i>Lumpish</i>, heavy, melancholy."

<i>Shak.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lump"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Lump"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lumpsucker</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lump"suck`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lumprish.</def>

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<hw>Lump"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lumpier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Lumpiest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Full of lumps, or small compact masses.</def>

<h1>Luna</h1> <Xpage=874>

<hw>Lu"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.; akin to <ets>lucere</ets> to shine. See <er>Light</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Lune</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The moon.</def>