lump

The Sailor's Word-Book

A stout heavy lighter used in our dockyards for carrying anchors, chains, or heavy stores to or from vessels. Also, the trivial name of the baggety, an ugly fish, likewise called the sea-owl, Cyclopterus lumpus. Also, undertaking any work by the lump or whole.

♦ By the lump, a sudden fall out of the slings or out of a top; altogether.

Related Words

Lump
·noun A mass or aggregation of things. II. Lump ·vi To take in the gross; to speak of collectively....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to lump
To beat; also to include a number of articles under one head. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to lump
Used in the vulgar expression, 'If you don't like it, you may lump it,' i. e. you may help yourself ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lump sum
A full payment of arrears, and not by periodical instalments of money. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
sea-lump
See lump. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
to lump the lighter
To be transported. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose