Noun

(en noun)

A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.

{{quote-Fanny Hill, part= , But scarce was supper well over, before a change so incredible was wrought in me, such violent, yet pleasingly irksome sensations took possession of me that I scarce knew how to contain myself; the smart of the lashes was now converted into such a prickly heat, such fiery tinglings, as made me sigh, squeeze my thighs together, shift and wriggle about my seat, with a furious restlessness; whilst these itching ardours, thus excited in those parts on which the storm of discipline had principally fallen, detached legions of burning, subtile, stimulating spirits, to their opposite spot and centre of assemblage , where their titillation raged so furiously, that I was even stinging mad with them.}} Memoirs of Fanny Hill

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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

Noun

(en noun)

Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.

Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps .

a lump''' of coal; a '''lump''' of clay; a '''lump of cheese

A group, set, or unit.

The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.

A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.

Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?

A dull or lazy person.

Don't just sit there like a lump .

(informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.

He's taken his lumps over the years.

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A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.