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Lumber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Any thing useless and cumbersome, or things bulky and thrown aside as of no use.

2. The very bed was violated - and thrown among the common lumber

3. In America, timber sawed or split for use; as beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops and the like.

4. Harm; mischief. [Local.]

Lumber [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To heap together in disorder.

2. To fill with lumber; as, to lumber a room.

Lumber [B. t.] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To heap together in disorder.

2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.

Lumber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.

3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.

Lumber [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To move heavily, as if burdened.

2. To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.

3. To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.

Lumber-room [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A place for the reception of lumber or useless things.

Lumbered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lumberer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman.

Lumbering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.

Lumbering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lumberman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.

Lumbermen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913