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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Bunch

Bŭnch, n.

noun

n. [O. Sw. & Dan. bunke, heap, Icel. banki, heap, pile, bŭnga, tumor, protuberance, W. pwng, cluster.] 1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump. They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. Isa. xxx. 6.

  1. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.
  2. (Mining.) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. Page.

Bŭnch, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To swell out, as into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.

Bŭnch, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To form or tie in a bunch or bunches.