n. [ L. absumptio. See Absume. ] Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he undertook, pret. of L. assumere. See Assume. ] (Law) (a) A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied. (b) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. assumptus, p. p. of assumere. See Assume. ] To take up; to elevate; to assume. [ Obs. ] Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assumptum, p. p. neut. of assumere. ] That which is assumed; an assumption. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun of all your assumpts is this. Chillingworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. assumpcioun a taking up into heaven, L. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. F. assomption. See Assume. ] 1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. [ 1913 Webster ]

The assumption of authority. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. Thodey. [ 1913 Webster ]

That calm assumption of the virtues. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. assumptivus, fr. assumptus, fr. assumere. ] Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. Percy Smith. [1913 Webster]

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bethumped or Bethumpt; p. pr. & vb. n. Bethumping. ] To beat or thump soundly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) the butterbump or bittern. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bumped p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping. ] [ Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar. ] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. “Bumping and jumping.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Bump to strike, to thump. ] 1. A thump; a heavy blow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance. [ 1913 Webster ]

It had upon its brow
A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of “veneration;” the bump of “acquisitiveness.” [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Boom to roar. ] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a bittern bumps within a reed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The noise made by the bittern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel. ] 1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast. [ 1913 Webster ]

He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which bumps or causes a bump. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock, such as a metal or rubber rim extending from an object; a buffer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically: (Motor vehicles) A protective guard device, usually of metal or rubber, attached horizontally to the front or rear of the frame of a vehicle, designed to resist or deaden a bump or shock, and to prevent damage to the main frame of the vehicle in low-velocity collisions. [ PJC ]

adj. moving slowly with little space between; -- used of road traffic. bumper-to-bumper traffic
Syn. -- crawling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave defines thus: “Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.” Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a pole. ] An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout. “Bashful country bumpkins.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. unsophisticated in a manner resembling a lifelong resident of rural areas; as, bumpkinly country boys.
Syn. -- hick, rustic, unsophisticated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To kill (a person); to murder; -- used commonly of planned assassination by criminals; as, the mob bumped off all the witnesses. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

a. Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [ Colloq. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conceitedness. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface of the earth or the water. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. buttur the bittern + 5th bump. ] (Zool.) The European bittern. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a noisy boisterous parade.
Syn. -- callithump, callithump parade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, chivaree, charivari, callithump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [ U. S. ] [ Also spelled callathump. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. kumbr a chopping, E. chop. ] 1. A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a stupid person; a fool; a dolt; also, a dupe. [ PJC ]

Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + polar. ] About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumpositio, fr. circumponere, - positium, to place around. ] The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. G. klümpern to clod. See Clump, n. ] To form into clumps or masses. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two “clumps” or groups, the “clump” which guesses the word winning the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Clump, n. ] Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. Leigh Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption. ] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consumption of the bowels (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.

Syn. -- Decline; waste; decay. See Decline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. consomptif. ] 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ prayer ] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

A long consumptive war. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a way tending to or indication consumption. Beddoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Computers) An complete and exact copy of the contents of a computer core{ 9 }, usually produced as a file when some serious error occurs in the execution of a computer program, and used for debugging the program which produced the error. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: A full account of a person's knowledge on some specific topic, usually produced in response to a question of some kind. It is a mildly deprecatory term, suggesting that the person producing the account was unable to prepare a more concise and understandable summary of the information; as, I just need the essentials, not a core dump. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ L. corrumpere. ] To corrupt. See Corrupt. [ Obs. ] Chauser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corruptible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. crumb stooping, bent down; akin to OHG. chrumb, G. krumm, Dan. krum, D. krom, and E. cramp. ] 1. Crooked; bent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Crooked backs and crump shoulders. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Hallivell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from W. crempog, crammwgth, a pancake or fritter. ] 1. A kind of large, thin, unsweetened muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider, or sometimes toasted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a sexually attractive woman. [ British slang ] RHUD [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crumpled p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling ] [ Dim. fr. crump, a. ] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]