{ Lu"ma*chel (?), ||Lu`ma*chel"la (?), } n. [F. lumachelle, It.
lumachella, fr. lamachella a little snail, dim. of lumaca a snail, fr.
L. limax, -acis.] (Min.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil
shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called
fire marble, from its fiery reflections.
Lum*bag"i*nous (?), a. Of or pertaining to lumbago.
Lum*ba"go (?), n. [L., fr. lumbus loin. See Lumbar.] (Med.) A rheumatic
pain in the loins and the small of the back.
{ Lum"bar (?), Lum"bal (?), } a. [L. lumbus loin. See Loin.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries.
Lumbar region (Anat.), the region of the loin; specifically, a region
between the hypochondriac and iliac regions, and outside of the
umbilical region.
Lum"ber (?), n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money
lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was,
according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the
Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See Lombard.] 1. A pawnbroker's
shop, or room for storing articles put 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.
2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and
useless, or of small value.
3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards,
planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy
timber. [U.S.]
Lumber kiln, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial
heat. [U.S.] -- Lumber room, a room in which unused furniture or other
lumber is kept. [U.S.] -- Lumber wagon, a heavy rough wagon, without
springs, used for general farmwork, etc.
Lum"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lumbering.]
1. To heap together in disorder. " Stuff lumbered together." Rymer.