n. same as semen{ 2 }; -- also spelled
prep. [ L. with prep. ] with; together with; along with;
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. Recumbent, Covey. ] Lying down; recumbent. J. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber, v. ] Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [ Obs. ]
A place of much distraction and cumber. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sage counsel in cumber. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Why asks he what avails him not in fight,
And would but cumber and retard his flight? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke x. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? Luke xiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. I. Taylor.
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n. Encumbrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools,
The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cumbrian system (Geol.),