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To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak.

One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler. [Obs.] "Some blind crowder." Sir P. Sidney.

A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind. [Scot.]

To crowd too much.

To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett.

Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton.

A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd. No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced into the lists. Sir W. Scott.

ing, farewell, etc. Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.

To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. "What bustling crowds I bored." Gay.

in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow. Admired, adored by all circling crowd, For wheresoe'er she turned her face, they bowed. Dryden.

e in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced. Fairfax.

udely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.

Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.

Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street. To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.

it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift.

, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden.

A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." Heb. xii. 1.

A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton. We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.

To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.

Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.] Bacon.