dumosæ

pl. [Nomin. fem. pl. of Lat. adj. dumosus full of brushwood.] Bot.: The name given by Linnæus to the nineteenth of the orders designed to be natural, which he established in his Philosophia Botanica , published in A. D. 1751. He included under it the genera Viburnum, Rondelet i a, Ca ine, Rhus, Hex, Call i carp a, and Laws on i a. The order was not really a natural one. It has become broken up, and the term Dumosæ has disappeared from modern books. dū-mous, dū-mōşe, a. [Lat. dumosus , from dumus a bush.] *1. Ord . Lang .: Abounding in or full of bushes or thickets. 2. Bot .: Having a compact bushy form; bush like. IMG:content-0641.png:[blocks in formation] 3. ( Pl .): Money. "When a gentleman jumps In the river at midnight for want of the dumps ." Barham: In golds by Legends ; Sir Kupert. 4. A little bit; as in the phrase, "Not to care a dump ." "Not a dump we: 'tis no time to play now." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, iv. 5. dump (2), s . [Allied to damp , a. (q. v.); Ger. dumpf damp; Dut. dompig =dull, low, misty; Sw. dial. dump in =melancholy.] 1. A state of sadne , gloomine , or melancholy. (Obsolete in the singular.) [DUMPS.] "March slowly on in solemn dumps ." Butler: Hudibras. When one was in some unhappy plight, and was in consequence much cast down in spirits, our ancestors were accustomed to describe him as being "in doleful dumps;" and they saw nothing ludicrous in such an expre ion. "He's in a deep dump now."-Beaum, & Flet.: Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 6. *2. Absence of mind, forgetfulne , reverie. "This shame dumps cause to well-bred people, when it carries them away from the company."-Locke. *3. A melancholy or sad tune or air. "To their instruments IMG:content-0642.png:[blocks in formation] Ship build .: A short bolt driven in to hold planks temporarily, until the through-bolts are driven. dump (1), v . t. & i. [Icel. dump a =to thump.] A. Trans.: To throw into a heap; to unload from wagons by tilting them up. "In doing this the dirt should not be dumped where it is likely to be in the way of future operations."-Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc . (1873), vol. xiii., p. 164. B. In trans.: To sit down heavily and suddenly. *dump (2), v. i. & t. [DUMP, a.] A. In trans.: To grieve, to sulk. "I dumpt and ranckled in anguish." Stanyhurst: Virgil's Eneid , ii. 103. B. Trans.: To put into the dumps. "They are puffed vp, and made more insolent with that which, iustlie, hath dumped in a deep sorrow all true hearts of both the ilands." - Forbes: Defence, p. 66.