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   Bunch (bŭnch; 224), n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.]
   1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
   
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   They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. Isa. xxx. 6.
   
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   2. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, “a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys”.
   
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   3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.  Page.
   
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   Bunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunched (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bunching.] To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
   
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   Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.
   
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   Bunch, v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.
   
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