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See Encumber.

in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. Lady Murray.

Maine; -- a nickname.

One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman. [U.S.] Lumberers have a notion that he (the woodpecker) is harmful to timber. Lowell.

The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber. [U.S.]

One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment. [U.S.]

To number wrongly.

Numbness. [Obs.] Wiseman.

ny. Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers. Addison.

One who numbers.

Numerous. [Obs.]

Innumerable; countless.

Numerous. [Obs.] Drant.

of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.

To exceed in number.

Consisting of, or resembling, lead. J. Ellis.

One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.

A pillow block.

The business of a plumber. [Obs.]

Lying down, or on the face; prone. " Procumbent each obeyed." Cowper.