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CLUMP , a word See also:common to See also:Teutonic See also:languages, meaning a See also:mass, lump, See also:group or cluster of indefinite See also:form, as a clump of grass or trees . The word is used of a wooden and clumsy See also: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 . 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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