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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lumping \Lump"ing\, a.
     Bulky; heavy. --Arbuthnot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Lump \Lump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Lumping}.]
     1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without
        distinction of particulars.
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              The expenses ought to be lumped together. --Ayliffe.
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     2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
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              Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity,
              but out of no resentment to you, I lump all
              together.                             --Sterne.
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     3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if
        he doesn't like it, he can lump it. [Low]
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