lump 
4. A dull, stolid person. 
Did yon mark tin- lentleoua. 
How boldly and how saucily In- talk'd. 
And how unlike (In- lum/i I look him for, 
The picci; of ignorant dough.' 
l-'l,-i,-lirr. Rule a Wife, HL 1. 
8. Infirrtirmx: (a) The nipple-seat on the bar- 
rel. ('') In a break-joint breech-loader, an iron 
block on the barrel which descends into a re- 
cess in the action. 6. A bloom or loupe of 
mallenlilr iri.n. In the lump, as a whole; in the 
entirety; in gross. 
II dclls altogether in K>'i>crals. He praises or dls- 
praises in Hi:- lump. Addison, Sir Timothy Tl 
Lump sum, n sum of money paid at one time, so as to 
cover several charges or items. Lump work, work un- 
dertaken to be done iii the lUKnte, so as to Include 
all the parts of It, for a stipulated payment, as by con- 
lump 1 (lump), r. [< /fimpl, ] I. trans. 1. To 
make into a mass; combine in a body or gross 
sum without distinction of particulars. 
Therefore is Space, and therefore Time, that men may 
know that nil things are not huddled and lumped, but sun- 
dered and individual. Emerson, Discipline. 
2. To take in the lump, or collectively in the 
gross ; consider or dispose of in the gross. . 
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lumpish (Inm'pish), a. [Formerly also l'i<pixli : 
< Ml). lni,iiiis<-li; < lump* + -UP.] 1. Like a 
lump; unl'iirnieil; gross; dense. 
Vnd, lifting up his Itnnpiih head, with blame 
Unite angrie asked him, for what he came. 
Spenser, V. Q., I. I. 48. 
He (Chaucer] found our language lumpish, stiff, unwill- 
ing. Lmcell, Study Windows, p. 285. 
2. Clumsy; dull; stolid; stupid. 
A lumpish blockhead churl, . . . which hath no more 
' "Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by RoblnsonX IL 6. 
When the enormous growth of personality has quit* 
rolled away tin- old lumpith terror that stood before the 
cave of the physical and darkened it. 
S. Lanier, The English Novel, p. 95. 
lumpishly (lum'pish-li), adr. [< ME. 
Iii; < lumpish + -/;/ a .] In lumps; in a r __ 
or awkward manner; heavily; with dullness or 
stupidity. 
Who-so speke to thee In ony maner place, 
LumjiiscUi caste not thin heed a-doun. 
Babees Book(E. E. T. S.), p. 27. 
Men came of all sorts : the Intelligent well-paid urtisan, 
. huge carters and draymen, the boy attached to each 
by the laws of the profession often straggling Imnpuhlii 
behind Ms master. Mrs. H. Ward, Robert Elsmere, xlix. 
3. To beat severely. [Prov. Eng.] 
II. intnin.t. To act as a lumper; be employed 
in loading or unloading ships, as a stevedore. 
lump- (lump). H. [Appar. a particular use of 
//;>!; the 1). lump, G. lump (liimpjisch, also 
kliiiniijincli), F. IIIIII/H; It. luuipo, lompo, the fish 
so called, are appar. from E.] The lump-fish. 
Lumps are of two sorts, the one as round almost as a 
bowle. the other resembling the fillets of a calf e; either of 
ty r iftt/f! quoted in Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), II. 44. 
Iump 3 t (lump), v. i. [Prob. < lump 1 , with some 
addition of sense from glum and glump, which 
mean the same.] To look sullen or glum; 
sulk. 
It did so gaule her at the harte, that now she begaune to 
froune, luinitf, and lowre at her housebande. 
Itiche, His Farewell (1681). (Fares.) 
lump 4 (lump), v. t. [A vague slang use, an in- 
definite antithesis to K/Ve,bnt prob.orig. identical 
with lump 1 , v. t.,2, 'take in the lump', i. e. swal- 
low whole. There is no necessary connection 
with lump 3 .'] To take without choice; take 
"anyhow": a word in itself of no definite sig- 
nification, used in the expression "if you don t 
like it, you may lump it. [Slang.] 
And I told him, if he didn't like it he might lump it, 
and he travelled otf on his left ear, you bet ! 
Bret Ilarte, Five o'clock in the Morning. 
lumpent. Past participle of Wm/A 
lumper (lum'per), H. 1. In some places, a la- 
borer employed to load and unload vessels in 
port ; a dock-hand ; a longshoreman ; a steve- 
dore. 2. A militiaman. [Prov. Eng.] 
He hath a cursed spite to us, because we shot his father. 
He was going to bring the lumpers upon us, only he was 
afeared, last winter. 
3. Iii 2007., one who lumps several described 
species, genera, etc., in one: opposed to split- 
ter. [Cant.] 
The second paper contains, first, a discussion of some 
principles of zoological classification, being an answer to 
Dr. Seebohm's reproach of having . . . aimed at " hitting 
the happy medium between lumpers and splitters." 
Nature, XXXIX. 156. 
lump-fish (lump'fish), n. [= G. lumpfisch (also 
Munipjixcli); < tSuHjf9-rJUlK] An acanthoptery- 
gian fish, ('yeloptt-rus lumpus, of the family Cy- 
cloptcridii: It is of uncouth form, with a high ridged 
back and a hump in which is concealed the small splnous 
dorsal fln, a flattih abdomen, a thick loose skin with a 
median dorsal and three lateral rows of spinous plates and 
small intervening tubercles, and a thoracic circular suc- 
torial disk constituted by the united ventral tins, by means 
of which it adheres with great force to any substance to 
which it applies itself. Before the spawning season it is 
of a brilliant crimson color, mingled with orange, purple, 
and blue, but afterward changes to a dull-blue or lead- 
color. It sometimes weighs seven pounds, and its flesh is 
very fine at some seasons, though insipid at others. It 
frequents the northern seas, and is often brought to the 
Kdinburirh and I/union markets. A Scotch name for it is 
::::!. i::n,U:\ Also called lit tup-nicker, from its poWW Of ad- 
hesion, and wa-nirl, from its uncouth appearance. See 
being lumpish ; heaviness ; dullness ; stolidity. 
Methlnks I dwell In a kind of disconsolate darkness, and 
a sad lumpishneste of unbeliefe, wanting that lightsome 
assurance which others profess to find in themselves. 
Bp. Uall, The Comforter. 
lump-sucker (lump'suk'er), n. Same as 
lump-sugar (lump'shug*ar), n. Loaf-sugar bro- 
ken into lumps, or cut into small cubes. 
lumpus (lum'pus), . [NL. (Aldrovandi, 1646), 
< E. /umy/- 8 .] The lump-fish: now its technical 
specific name. 
lumpy (lum'pi), a. [< lumpl + -y 1 .] 1. Abound- 
ing in lumps or small aggregated masses; con- 
sisting of or formed into lumps. Specifically ap- 
plied by boatmen to rough water in which the waves do 
not break, but run In small, Irregular, roundish swells. 
One of the best spades to dig hard lumpy clays, but too 
small for light garden mould. Mortimer, Husbandry. 
The bow end is Immersed with a view of doing away with 
the "spanking " of the Hat floor when the boats are driven 
In lumpy water. Quallrough, Boat Sailer's Manual, p. 85. 
2. Heavy; clumsy; dense; dull, 
lumpy-jaw (lum'pi-ja), n. In pathol., actino- 
mycosis affecting the jaw. 
luna (lu'na), . [L., the moon, orig. "lucna, < 
lucere, shine: see lucent.] 1. The moon: per- 
sonified as a Roman goddess, Luna, answering 
to the Greek goddess Selene. 2t. An occa- 
sional form of crescent-headed arrow with the 
concave side outermost and sharpened. Arrows 
of this form, like the rarer ones with a chisel-shaped head, 
were intended to cut the hamstring of horses and of ani- 
mals of the chase. 
3. In alchemy, silver. 4. The luna-moth. 
Luna cornea, horn-silver : an alchemistlc name for fused 
silver chlorid. 
lunacy (lu'na-si), n.; pi. lunacies (-siz). [Irreg. 
' ' / '-'-'> + -cy.] 1. The kind of intermittent 
lunarist 
the lunar changes; lunar observations. 2. Sit- 
uated or moving like tlie moon; acting an a 
union. 3. Measured by the revolutions of the 
-, n: ;i>, liiniif in. ml lis or years. 4. Kcsem- 
liling the moon: round: as, a lunar shield. Spe- 
i -ilk-ally, in anal, and W.: (a) Resembling a half-moon; 
M miliinar; crescentic; lunate: as, dinar markings; a lu- 
nar bone. (6) In entom., marked with crescentic or lunl- 
form spots; lunated. 
5. Suppdseii to be affected by or due to the in- 
fluence of the moon : as, lunar madness. 
They have denominated some herbs solar and tome lu- 
nar, and such like toys put Into great words. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
6. In anat., of or pertaining to the lunare, or 
semilunar bone of the carpus. 7. Pertaining 
to silver: from the moon being the alchemical 
symbol of that metal: as,/i caustic (nit rate of 
si hrr). Lunar bone, a certain bone of the wrist or car- 
pus. SeeJunare. Lunar caustic. See caustic. Lunar 
cycle. Same as Metallic ci/cle (which see, under evefcl). 
Lunar distance, In naut. attron., thedistanee of the moon 
from the sun, or from a fixed star or planet lying nearly in 
the line of its path, by means of which the longitude of a 
ship at sea may bo calculated. Lunar equation. See 
equation. Lunar hornet-moth, Sesia Ixmbectformis, a 
hornet-moth having a crescentic yellow spot on the tho- 
rax, and a black crescent on each fore wing: an English 
collectors' name. Lunar macula. See macula. Lunar 
mansion, one of 28(or 27) parts into which the ecliptic was 
or is divided by various Oriental peoples, as the Hindus. 
Chinese, and Arabians, their mean length being the path 
of the moon In one day among the stars. Each mansion 
is determined by certain stars occupying It.- Lunar 
method, in naut. astron., the method of determining 
longitude from observation of lunar distances. Lunar 
month. See month. Lunar nodes. See node. Lunar 
observation, nn observation of the moon's distance from 
a star for the purpose of finding the longitude. Lunar 
stars, certain stare and other celestial objects whose geo- 
: . .1; ......... (,:.,,. tti.. iii.uin fa -.i\..ii in 1h, Nntltical 
centric distance from the moon is given in the Nautical 
Almanac for certain hours, so that by measuring the ap- 
parent distance of the moon from one or more of them the 
longitude can be found. 
He knew every lunar star In both hemispheres. 
R. U. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 228. 
Lunar tables. () In astron., tables of the moon's mo- 
tions for computing the moon's true place at any time, 
past or future. (6) In navigation, tables for correcting the 
apparent distance of the moon from the sun, or from a 
fixed star, on account of refraction and parallax, and for 
deducing the longitude of the observer from the lunar 
data given in the almanac. Lunar theory, the deduction 
of the moon's motion from the law of gravitation. - Lunar 
underwing, Anchocelis lunosa, a small noctuid moth of 
ocher-brown color, whose underwings are marked with a 
crescentic darker spot: an English collectors' name. 
Lunar year. See year. 
II. n. In navigation, lunar distance, or an 
observation for lunar distance: as, to take a 
lunar. 
These trials were partly made at Greenwich by Maske- 
lyne, who, as we shall see, was a great advocate of lunars. 
and was not ready to admit more than a subsidiary value 
to the watch. Encyc. Brit., XVII. 269. 
lunare (lu-nii're), .; pi. lunaria (-ri-a). [NL., 
neut. (sc. os) of L. lunaris, lunar: see hour.] 
A bone of the carpus, more fully named os lu- 
nare, and also called semilunare, or the semilu- 
nar bone : supposed to represent the bone of 
the typical carpus called intermedium by Ge- 
genbaur. It is sometimes fused with the scaphoid, form- 
Ing a single scapholunar bone, as in carnivores. When dis- 
tinct, as In man, It Is the middle bone of the proximal row, 
eral ; any unsoundness of mind. See insanity. 
The terms of our estate may not endure 
Hazard so near us as doth hourly grow 
Out of his lunacies. Shak., Hamlet, ill. .".. 7. 
2. In law, unsoundness of mind sufficient to 
incapacitate for civil transactions. The usual 
test is incapacity to manage one's own property 
lumpiness (Inm'pi-nes), H. The quality or con- 
dition of being lumpv or full of lumps. 
\+ -/,/-. 1 
and affairs Commissioner In lunacy, a commis- 
sioner appointed pursuant to law to visit and inspect asy- 
lums and grant licenses to persons who undertake to re- 
ceive and provide for patients. Commission of luna- 
cy. See eowimwaionl. Master in lunacy, a Judicial or 
quasi-judicial officer chosen to investigate the mental con- 
dition of persons supposed to be Insane, or to supervise 
the administration of asylums, or both. = 8yn. Derange- 
ment, Craziness, etc. See insanity. 
luna-moth (lu'nii-moth), n. A large bombycid 
moth. .-Mi as luna, the most beautiful of North 
American insects, of alight-green colorrelieved 
by luniform eye-spots and by a broad purplish- 
brown or liliaceous anterior border. The body is 
whitish, with a brown bar across the thorax. The full- 
grown moth expands about 5 inches, and the hinder wings 
are tailed to the length of an inch or more. The larva is 
greenish, and feeds on walnut, hickory, sweet-gum, beech, 
birch, willow, and plum. The eggs are laid in small 
batches on the twigs. The cocoon is formed within a 
leaf, and in autumn drops to the ground, where it remains 
through the winter. The caterpillar is known as the luna- 
He gives what is called the lumping ha'p'orth that is, 
seven or eight pieces. 
Mayheir, London Labour and London Poor, I. 170. 
moon, lunar, < limn, the moon : see luna.] I. a. 
I. Of, pertaining, or relating to the moon: as, 
< L. in Maria, of the moon: see lunar.] 1. A ge- 
nus of cruciferous herbs of the tribe Alyssinea?, 
characterized by entire cordate leaves and a 
very broad silicle on a long stipe, the seeds be- 
ing attached by long stalks. There are two species, 
found in Europe and western Asia. L. annua (Including 
L. bienni*) Is the common honesty, also called satin-flower. 
and bolbonac, cultivated for its racemes of large purple 
flowers and the silvery partitions of the fruit. L. redirira, 
the perennial honesty, Is also cultivated, but less com- 
monly. 
2. [/. e.] Plural of lunare and liinnriiim. 
lunarian (lu-na'ri-an), 71. [< L. lunaris, of the 
moon (see lunar), -T- -ifln.] 1. One of the (sup- 
posed) inhabitants of the moon. 2. One versed 
in knowledge of the moon ; a student of lunar 
phenomena. Also lunar/at. 3. An advocate 
of the lunar method of finding longitude at sea: 
a term which has lost its significance since the 
chronometer has reached its present state of 
perfection. 
There were powerful competitors who hoped to gain it 
|a reward offered for the best method of flnding longitude 
at sea] by lunars. and a bill was passed through the House 
in 176S which left an open chance for a hoMfim during 
four years. Encyc. Brit., XVII. 250. 
lunarist (lu'njtr-ist), it. [< lunar + -*.] Same 
as lunarian, '2. 
In such grand disturbances as these [storms], the Lu- 
narist should endeavour to trace influences of moon, and 
the Astro-meteorologist even those of planets. 
Fitz Roy, Weather Book, p. 213. 
