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Cum"ber*some (k&?;m"b&?;r-s&?;m),
a. 1. Burdensome or
hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious;
cumbrous.

To perform a cumbersome obedience.

Sir. P. Sidney.

2. Not easily managed; as, a
cumbersome contrivance or machine.

He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
cumbersome, circuitous.

I. Taylor.

-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. --
Cum"ber*some*ness,n.

Cum"brance (k?m"brans), n.
Encumbrance. [Obs.]

Extol not riches then, the toil of fools,

The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare.

Milton.

Cum"bri*an (k?m"br?-a]/>n), a.
Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks
found there.

Cumbrian system (Geol.), the
slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the
Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because
most prominent at Cumberland.

Cum"brous (k?m"br?s), a.
1.


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