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Webster 1913 Edition

Bunch

Bunch

(bŭnch; 224)
,
Noun.
[Akin to OSw. & Dan.
bunke
heap, Icel.
bunki
heap, pile,
bunga
tumor, protuberance; cf. W.
pwng
cluster. Cf.
Bunk
.]
1.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
They will carry . . . their treasures upon the
bunches
of camels.
Isa. xxx. 6.
2.
A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together;
as, a
bunch
of grapes; a
bunch
of keys
.
3.
(Mining)
A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
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Bunch

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bunched
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bunching
.]
To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Bunching
out into a large round knob at one end.
Woodward.

Bunch

,
Verb.
T.
To form into a bunch or bunches.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bunch

BUNCH

, n.
1.
A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; as the bunch on a camel's back.
2.
A cluster; a number of the same kind growing together; as a bunch of grapes.
3.
A number of things tied together; as a bunch of keys; a bunch or rods.
4.
A collection of things; a knot; as a bunch of hair; a bunch of trees.

BUNCH

,
Verb.
I.
To swell out in a protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

BUNCH

,
Verb.
T.
To form or tie in a bunch or bunches.

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