clum

n. [ Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle. ] (Zool.) A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club. ] 1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. G. klümpern to clod. See Clump, n. ] To form into clumps or masses. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two “clumps” or groups, the “clump” which guesses the word winning the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Clump, n. ] Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. Leigh Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily. [ 1913 Webster ]