n. [ AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.) ]
Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes,
Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
As bees . . .
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
We loved him; but, like beasts
And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,
Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
His sunny hair
Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . .
The foxglove cluster dappled bells. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Clustered column (Arch.),
adj.
adv. In clusters. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Cluster, n. ] Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]