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Webster 1913 Edition

Heap

Heap

(hēp)
,
Noun.
[OE.
heep
,
heap
, heap, multitude, AS.
heáp
; akin to OS.
hōp
, D.
hoop
, OHG.
houf
,
hūfo
, G.
haufe
,
haufen
, Sw.
hop
, Dan.
hob
, Icel.
hōpr
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]
The wisdom of a
heap
of learned men.
Chaucer.
A
heap
of vassals and slaves.
Bacon.
He had
heaps
of friends.
W. Black.
2.
A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile;
as, a
heap
of trouble
.
[Now Low or Humorous]
A vast
heap
, both of places of scripture and quotations.
Bp. Burnet.
I have noticed a
heap
of things in my life.
R. L. Stevenson.
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
.

Heap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Heaped
(hēpt)
;
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
.
Though he
heap
up silver as the dust.
Job. xxvii. 16.
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
.
3.
To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.

Webster 1828 Edition

Heap

HEAP

, n.
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.
2.
A crowd; a throng; a cluster; applied to living persons. [Inelegant and not in use.]
3.
A mass of ruins.
Thou hast made of a city a heap. Is.25.

HEAP

, v.t.
1.
To throw or lay in a heap; 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 amass; to accumulate; to lay up; to collect in great quantity; with up; as, to heap up treasures.
Though the wicked heap up silver as the dust--Job.27.
3.
To add something else, in large quantities.
4.
To pile; to add till the mass takes a roundish form, or till it rises above the measure;as, to heap any thing in measuring.

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