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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Heap

Hēap, n.

noun

n. [A-S. hēáp, O. Sax. hōp, D. hoop, Icel. hópr, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, O. H. Ger. houf, hāfo, M. H. Ger. houf, hūfe, N. H. Ger. haufe, haufen, allied to Slav. kupa, Lith. kupa and kaupas.]

Sense 1. A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.

Huge heaps of slain around the body rise. Dryden.

Sense 2. A crowd; a throng; a cluster; — said of persons. [Colloq. and low.]

I shall believe there can not be a more ill-boding sign to a nation, than when the inhabitants, to avoid insufferable grievances at home, are enforced by heaps to forsake their native country. Milton.

Hēap, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HEAPED (heept); p. pr. & vb. n. HEAPING.] [A-S. heāpian, D. hoopen, Sw. hopa, O. H. Ger. houfōn, hāfōn, M. H. Ger. houfen, hāfen, N. H. Ger. häufen.]

  1. 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.
  2. To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; — usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.

Though the wicked heap up silver as the dust. Job xxvii. 16. 3. To form or round into a heap, as in measuring.