LUMBER

I. intransitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English lomeren Date: 14th century to move ponderously, rumble , II. noun Etymology: perhaps from Lombard; from the use of pawnshops as storehouses of disused property Date: 1552 surplus or disused articles (as furniture) that are stored away, 2. timber or logs especially when dressed for use, any of various structural materials prepared in a form similar to ~, ~ adjective III. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1642 transitive verb to clutter with or as if with ~ ; encumber , to heap together in disorder, to log and saw the timber of, intransitive verb to cut logs for ~, to saw logs into ~ for the market, ~er noun