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CLUMP , a word See also: common to Teutonic See also: languages, meaning a mass, lump, See also: group or cluster of indefinite See also: form, as a clump of grass or trees
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The word is used of a wooden and clumsy shoe, made out of one piece of See also: wood, worn by See also: German peasants, and by transference is applied to the thick extra See also: sole added to heavy boots for rough See also: wear
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Shoemakers speak of " clumping " a See also: boot when it is mended by having a new sole fastened by nails and not sewn by See also: hand to the old sole
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