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{ } imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Calumbin. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The (official) capital city of Sri Lanka. Population (2000) = 1, 994, 000. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) See Calumba. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican. ] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampère in one second. Formerly called weber. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Elec.) Any instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Physics) The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } v. i. To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen. [ Obs. ] Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See Long, and Beard, and cf. Lumber. ] 1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Same as Lombard-house. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lombard Street, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pawnbroker. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lombardic alphabet, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. --
Lombardic architecture, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. F. G. Lee.
Lombardy poplar. (Bot.) See Poplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ F. or D. lombard. See Lombard, n. ] 1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piété. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mega- + coulomb. ] (Elec.) A million coulombs. [ 1913 Webster ]