lumber

Definitions

1. 1.Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
2. 2.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.] Lumber kiln, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [U.S.] -- Lumber room, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] -- Lumber wagon, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc.
3. 3.To heap together in disorder. " Stuff lumbered together." Rymer.
4. 4.To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
5. 5.To move heavily, as if burdened.
6. 6.Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.] To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble. Cowper.
7. 7.To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market. [U.S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value called?
• What is to heap together in disorder. " Stuff lumbered together." Rymer called?
• What is to fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room called?
• What is etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.] To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble. Cowper called?
• What is to cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market. [U.S.] called?