HEAP
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Heap (h&ē;p), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. heáp; akin to OS. h&ō;p, D. hoop, OHG. houf, h&ū;fo, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. h&ō;pr troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope, in Forlorn hope.] 1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous]
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The wisdom of a heap of learned men.
Chaucer.
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A heap of vassals and slaves.
Bacon.
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He had heaps of friends.
W. Black.
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2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile; as, a heap of trouble. [Now Low or Humorous]
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A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations.
Bp. Burnet.
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I have noticed a heap of things in my life.
R. L. Stevenson.
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3. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
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Huge heaps of slain around the body rise.
Dryden.
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Heap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heaped (h&ē;pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaping.] [AS. heápian.] 1. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
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Though he heap up silver as the dust.
Job. xxvii. 16.
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2. To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
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3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
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