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(1):

(b. t.) To heap together in disorder.

(2):

(v. i.) To move heavily, as if burdened.

(3):

(n.) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

(4):

(n.) Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.

(5):

(v. i.) To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.

(6):

(b. t.) To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.

(7):

(n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.

(8):

(v. i.) To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.