GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Cluster , n. [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)]
   A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
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   Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes,
   Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
   Spenser.
   
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   A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. “Cluster of provinces.”
   Motley.
   
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   A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
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   As bees . . . 
   Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
   In clusters.
   Milton.
   
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   We loved him; but, like beasts
   And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters,
   Who did hoot him out o' the city.
   Shak.
   
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   Cluster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clustered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.] To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
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   His sunny hair
   Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's.
   Tennyson.
   
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   The princes of the country clustering together.
   Foxe.
   
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   Cluster, v. t. To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
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   Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . 
   The foxglove cluster dappled bells.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.
   Thomson.
   
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   Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.
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