Define Cumbrous using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. [1913 Webster]
He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser. -- {Cumbrous*ly}, adv. -- {Cumbrous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
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