Crowd

krowd, n. a number of persons or things closely pre ed together, without order: the rabble: multitude.— v.t. to gather into a lump or crowd: to fill by pre ing or driving together: to compre .— v.i. to pre on: to pre together in numbers: to swarm.— p.adj. Crowd′ed .— Crowd sail , to carry a pre of sail for speed. [A.S. crúdan , to pre .]