Cumber

kum′bėr, v.t. to trouble or hinder with something usele : to retard, trouble.— n. encumbrance: cumbering.— adj. Cum′bered , hampered: obstructed.— ns. Cum′berer ; Cum′ber-ground , a usele thing, from Luke, xiii. 7.— adj. Cum′berle , unencumbered.— ns. Cum′berment , Cum′brance , encumbrance.— adjs. Cum′bersome , unwieldy: heavy; Cum′bro us , hindering: obstructing: heavy.— adv. Cum′brously .— n. Cum′brousne . [O. Fr. combrer , to hinder—Low L. cumbrus , a heap; corr. of L. cumulus , a heap.]