Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LUM'BER, n. [allied to Sax. leoma, utensils, or to lump, clump, mass, or Dan. lumpe, a rag; lumperie, trifles; Sw. lumpor, rags, old cloths; D. lomp; G. lumpen; Fr. lambeau. In French, lambourde is a joist.]

1. Any thing useless and cumbersome, or things bulky an thrown aside or of no use. The very bed was violated … / And thrown among the common lumber. – Otway.
2. In America, timber sawed or split for use; as beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops and the like.
3. Harm; mischief. [Local.] Pegge.