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Webster 1913 Edition
Clump
Clump
(klŭmp)
, Noun.
[Cf. D.
klomp
lump, G. klump
, klumpen
, Dan. klump
, Sw. klump
; perh. akin to L. globus
, E. globe
. Cf. Club
.] 1.
An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
2.
A cluster; a group; a thicket.
A
clump
of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.
3.
The compressed clay of coal strata.
Brande & C.
Clump
,Verb.
T.
To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
Blackmore.
Clump
,Verb.
I.
To tread clumsily; to clamp.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clump
CLUMP
, n.1.
A thick, short piece of wood, or other solid substance; a shapeless mass. Hence clumper, a clot or clod.2.
A cluster of trees or shrubs; formerly written plump. In some parts of England, it is an adjective signifying lazy, unhandy.