bumplt (bump)

i. [First in early mod. E., appar. a var. of bum1, bumb, bomb1; cf. the freq. bumble. Cf. W. bump, a hollow sound, a boom; hence aderyn y bwmp, the bittern ( ade ryn, a bird), also called bump y gors (cors, a bog, fen). Of imitative origin: see boom1, bum, bomb, bomb2, bumble, etc.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; bump1+ (bump), n. [ boom. Dryden. hollow noise. The bitter with his bumpe. Skelton , Phyllyp Sparowe, 1. 432. fishers in South Holland and Flanders, also for taking a pilot to a ship: Roding, Marine Dict." (Wedgwood), prob. bun , a cauf or recep- tacle for keeping fish alive, OD. bon , a chest, bump2 (bump), v . [First in early mod. E.; prob. box, cask (cf. MD. bunne , bonne , a hatchway), developed from bump1 , which, as orig. imita- + boot , boat. Or perhaps orig. D. * boomboot , tive, is closely related to bum1 , boom, also strike. equiv. to MD. D. booms chip (= MLG. bōmschip, LG. booms chip = G. baumschiff ), a boat made out of a single tree, a fisherman's boat, canoe, The Captain again the letter hath read Which the bum - boat woman brought out to Spithead. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 155. Cf. ODan. bumpe, strike with the clenched fist, Dan. bumpe, thump. Cf. also W.pumpio, thump, bang ( pump, a round ma , a lump), = Ir. beu maim, I strike, gash, cut, = Gael. beum, strike; Ir. Gael. beum, a stroke, blow, = Corn. bum, bom, a blow. Cf. bump2, n., and bounce.] I. trans. 1. To cause to come in violent contact; bring into concu ion; knock; strike; thump: as, to bump one's head against a wall. bumpkin 2. In English boat - racing, to touch (the stern of a boat ahead) with the bow of the following boat. See extract. Cla ic Camus being a very narrow stream, scarcely wider than a canal, it is impo ible for the boats to race side side. The following expedient has therefore been adopted: they are drawn up in line, two lengths between each, and the contest consists in each boat endeavoring to touch with its bow the stern of the one before it, which operation is called bumping; and at the next race the bumper takes the place of the bumped. C. A. Bristed, English University, p. 66. II. in trans. 1. To come forcibly in contact with something; strike heavily: as, the ve el bumped against the wharf.-2. To ride without rising in the stirrups on a rough-trotting horse. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.]-3. In chem ., to give off vapor intermittently and with almost explosive violence, as some heated solutions. The vapor collects in large bubbles at the bottom, and then bursts through the solution to the surface. 4+. To form bumps or protuberances. Long fruite fastened together by couples, one right against another, with kernels bumping out neere the place in which they are combined. Gerarde, Herball, p. 1299, ed. 1633.