Word: lumping
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...Take a lump of egotism...
WHAT IS A KISS?Scientifically considered, a hearty kiss resembles in principle nothing so much as the action by which the lump-sucker fish attaches itself to a stone, or that of the leather "suckers" with which urchins delight to lift pebbles. The lips of the kisser are pressed against those of the kissee, a slight exhaustion of air is caused by a "drawing" action on the part of the agent active, and the two actors in the farce are temporarily attached to each other by the pressure of the external air. The kisser ceases to exhaust the air within...
...which was written in mysterious letters - ???, and also the magic paper, which she said would call up to his aid the good fairy Bond, who would intercede for him with the Bowsir. At this point Henry's little sister Lulu came running in with two seedcakes and a lump of sugar for Henry to carry in his pocket to sustain him on his weary journey; which thoughtfulness so affected the boy that with streaming eyes he kissed these dear ones good-by, and went out alone into the great forest...
...Harvard boat; and we think that they may possibly be able to defeat the Oxford and Cambridge crews. Anyhow, we propose to make the trial, without reference to Cornell, Columbia, or any one else, and if these colleges don't like it they must (as the boys say) "lump it." Our annual race with Yale will of course be rowed, and probably always will be, until the end of time; but with Cornell and Columbia we "have no quarrel"; it would be no pleasure to us to beat them or have them beat us, and if we do row either...