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Lump

Lump (lump)
n.(?)
Lump
[Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.]
  1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
    " A lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This lump of clay." Shak.
  2. A mass or aggregation of things.
  3. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

    In the lump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross.

    They may buy them in the lump. Addison.

    -- Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine. -- Lump sum, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.

Lump

Lump (lump)
v. i.
Lump
  1. To throw into a mass] to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.

    The expenses ought to be lumped together. Ayliffe.

  2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.

    Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together. Sterne.

  3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.
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