lumber

Etymology
Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as. Possibly influenced by, an obsolete variant of , the Italian immigrant class known for being pawnbrokers and money-lenders in early England.

Noun

 * 1)  Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
 * 2) * 4 December 1883,, ''Third State of the Union Address
 * The resources of Alaska, especially in fur, mines, and lumber, are considerable in extent and capable of large development, while its geographical situation is one of political and commercial importance.;
 * 1)  Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
 * 2) * 1783,, letter, 10 November:
 * We made all haste down stairs, and soon threw open the street door, for the reception of as much lumber, of all sorts, as our house would hold, brought into it by several who thought it necessary to move their furniture.
 * 1)  Useless or cumbrous material.
 * 2)  A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
 * 3) * a. 1746,, Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Right Honourable George Baillie
 * They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came.
 * 1)  A baseball bat.
 * 2)  An erect penis.
 * They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came.
 * 1)  A baseball bat.
 * 2)  An erect penis.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:, дървен материа́л
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: řezivo
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: bois de charpente
 * Galician: madeira serrada
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: crainn leagtha
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: tignum
 * Lithuanian: mediena
 * Macedonian: др́во, др́вена гра́ѓа
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese: madeira serrada
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , деревоматериа́л
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: drjewo
 * Spanish: madera aserrada
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kalap
 * Tarifit: tafrewt
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
 * 2) * 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
 * "en"
 * 1) * 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
 * "en"

- Through eerie reach of ancient woods / Where lumbering mists arise / I journey for nines moons of the year / To where a land of legend lies


 * 1)  To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on.
 * 2) To heap together in disorder.
 * 3) To fill or encumber with lumber.
 * 4)  To pawn (goods).
 * 1) To heap together in disorder.
 * 2) To fill or encumber with lumber.
 * 3)  To pawn (goods).
 * 1)  To pawn (goods).
 * 1)  To pawn (goods).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: движа се тромаво
 * Italian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:


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