Clus"ter (?), n. [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)]
1.
A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes,
Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
Spenser.
2.
A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
"
Cluster of provinces."
Motley.
3.
A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
As bees . . .
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters.
Milton.
We loved him; but, like beasts
And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,
Who did hoot him out o' the city.
Shak.
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Clus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.]
To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
His sunny hair
Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's.
Tennyson.
The princes of the country clustering together.
Foxe.
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Clus"ter, v. t.
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . .
The foxglove cluster dappled bells.
Tennyson.
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.
Thomson.
Clustered column Arch., a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.
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