n. [ Cf. G. sumpf a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to LG. sump, D. somp a swamp, Dan. & Sw. sump, and perhaps to E. swamp. ] 1. (Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pond of water for salt works. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A puddle or dirty pool. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sump fuse, a fuse used in blasting under water. --
Sump men (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dunce; a blockhead. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. sommetier the driver of a pack horse; akin to OF. & F. sommier a pack horse, L. sagmarius, fr. sagma a pack saddle, in LL., a load, Gr. &unr_; a pack saddle, fr. &unr_; to pack, load; cf. Skr. saj, sañj, to hang on. Cf. Seam a weight, Summer a beam. ] 1. The driver of a pack horse. [ Obs. ] Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pack; a burden. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sumptio, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take. ] 1. A taking. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) The major premise of a syllogism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sumptuarius, fr. sumptus expense, cost, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take, use, spend; sub under + emere to take, buy: cf. F. somptuaire. See Redeem. ] Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sumptuary laws or
Sumptuary regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sumptuositas: cf. F. somptuosité. ] Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness. [ R. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sumptuosus, fr. sumptus expanse, cost: cf. F. somptueux. See Sumptuary. ] Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid; magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are too magnificient and sumptuous in our tables and attendance. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

She spoke, and turned her sumptuous head, with eyes
Of shining expectation fixed on mine. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sump"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Sump"tu*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]