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Webster 1913 Edition
Lumber
Lum′ber
,Noun.
[Prob. fr.
Lombard
, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber
room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard
room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See Lombard
.] 1.
A pawnbroker’s shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
[Obs.]
They put all the little plate they had in the
lumber
, which is pawning it, till the ships came. Lady Murray.
2.
Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
3.
Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
[U.S.]
Lum′ber
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lumbered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lumbering
.] 1.
To heap together in disorder.
“ Stuff lumbered together.” Rymer.
2.
To fill or encumber with lumber;
as, to
. lumber
up a roomLum′ber
,Verb.
I.
1.
To move heavily, as if burdened.
2.
[Cf. dial. Sw.
lomra
to resound.] To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
Cowper.
3.
To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
[U.S.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Lumber
LUM'BER
, n.1.
Any thing useless and cumbersome, or things bulky and thrown aside as of no use.The very bed was violated - and thrown among the common lumber.
2.
In America, timber sawed or split for use; as beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops and the like.3.
Harm; mischief. [Local.]LUM'BER
, v.t.1.
To heap together in disorder.2.
To fill with lumber; as, to lumber a room.