Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LUMP, n. [G. Dan. and Sw. klump; D. klomp; W. clamp and clap. If m is not radical, this belongs to Class Lb. Lump is clump, without the prefix.]

1. A small mass of matter of no definite shape; as, a lump of earth; a lump of butter; a lump of sugar.
2. A mass of things blended or thrown together without order or distinction; as, copper, iron, gold, silver, lead, tin, promiscuously in one lump.
3. A cluster; as, a lump of figs. – 2 Kings xx. In the lump, the whole together; in gross. They may buy my papers in the lump. – Addison.