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    Clump (klÅ­mp), 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.

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    2. A cluster; a group; a thicket.

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    A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.

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    3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C.

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    Clump, v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.  Blackmore.

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    Clump, v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.

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