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Lumping definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUMP'ING, ppr.
1. Throwing into a mass or sum.
2. a. Bulky; heavy. [A low word.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lump 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 does n't like it, he can lump it. [Law]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lumping Lump"ing, a. Bulky; heavy. --Arbuthnot.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Great. A lumping penny worth; a great quantity for the money, a bargain. He has'got a lumping penny-worth; frequently said of a man who marries a fat woman.