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Definition of Aheap
1. adv. In a heap; huddled together.
Definition of Aheap
1. Adverb. In a heap; huddled together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aheap
1. in a heap [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aheap
Literary usage of Aheap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the by Maximilien de Béthune Sully (1763)
"... were drawn from beneath aheap of car- , cafes, and laid upon a table in the
hall of the ... aheap ..."
2. The Proprietors' Records of the Town of Lunenbrug, Massachusetts, Including by Walter Alonzo Davis, Fitchburg (Mass.), Lunenburg (Mass. : Town). Proprietors (1897)
"... Corner of pratts Land Running South 17 Degrees Eaft two Hundred & Sixteen rod
on Pratts Land to aheap of Stones Pratts Corner then on ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"heaps, or of cumuli, cumulo-stratus (kü'mü-lo-strä'tus), n. [NL., xiix. < cumulus,
aheap: gee ... [< L. cumulus, aheap, whence ult. ..."
4. Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs by James Anderson (1777)
"... that, where aheap of foot has lain fo long upon the ground as to ... appears where
aheap of common ftable- dung has lain, is the common knot-grafs f. ..."
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