| Lumbal | { } a. [ L. lumbus loin. See Loin. ] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lumbar region (Anat.), the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and iliac regions, and outside of the umbilical region. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Lumbar |
| Lumber | n. [ Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See Lombard. ] 1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. Lady Murray. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lumber kiln, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [ U.S. ] --
Lumber room, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [ U.S. ] --
Lumber wagon, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc. --
dimensional lumber, lumber, usually of pine, which is sold as beams or planks having a specified nominal cross-section, usually in inches, such a two-by-four, two-by-six, four-by-four, etc. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
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