| Lumber (lumber) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Lum"ber |
| [Prob. fr.
Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers
of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench,
originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard
pawnbroker stored his pledges. See Lombar |
A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing
articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
Old or refuse household stuff; things
cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
Timber sawed or split into the form of
beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which
is smaller than heavy timber.
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| Lumber (lumber) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Lum"ber |
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To heap together in
disorder.
To fill or encumber with lumber] as, to
lumber up a room.
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| Lumber (lumber) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Lum"ber |
|
To move heavily, as if burdened.
To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to
rumble.
To cut logs in the forest, or prepare
timber for market.
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