Lump (?), n. [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. Firearms
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. <-- (b) a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as contrasted with the alternate choice of several payments over a period of time.-->
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Lump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lumping.]
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 you, I lump all together.
Sterne.
3.
To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he doesn't like it, he can lump it.
[Law]
<-- lump together. v. combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. -->
<-- lumpenproletariat -->
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