Clump (?), n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. kllimp; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club.]
1.
An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
2.
A cluster; a group; a thicket.
A clump of shrubby trees.
Hawthorne.
3.
The compressed clay of coal strata.
Brande & C.
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Clump, v. t.
To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
Blackmore.
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Clump, v. i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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