| Dump (dump) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Dump |
| [See Dumpling.] |
A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys
in playing chuck farthing.
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A dull, gloomy state of the
mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; --
now used only in the plural.
Absence of mind; revery.
A melancholy strain or tune in music; any
tune.
An old kind of dance.
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| Dump (dump) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Dump |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Dumped (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Dumping.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf.
Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly,
rush, dial. Sw. di |
To knock heavily] to stump.
To put or throw down with more or less of
violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to
dump sand, coal, etc.
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A car
or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
A ground or place for dumping ashes,
refuse, etc.
That which is dumped.
A pile of ore or
rock.
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