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(hép), v. t [ 8. (= D. hoopen = OHG. houf on, MHG. houfen, G. prehend hdufen = Sw. hop a = Dan. (op-)hobe), heap, | hear To bestow a heap or large quantity upon. Never had man more joyfull day then this, Whom heaven would heape with blis. Spenser, Epithalamion, 1. 247. measure, a quantity overfilling the measuring a cone of the commodity being formed above the of the ve el. Such measure is used for coal, pot a fruit, or other articles of merchandise which do not compactly in the measuring-ve el.—To heap coals fire on one’s head, See coal. (hép’kloud),. Same as ewmulus, 1. I will take the case of the common cumulus or heap- Nature, XXXIX. 226. (hé’pér), x. One who heaps, piles, or (hép’flud), n. A heavy sea. ship that Lycius dyd shrowd with faithful Orontes sight of captayne was swasht wyth a royster us heape- Jjlud. Stan i hurst, Aineid, i. 124. (hép’ke”peér), n. A miner who to the cleaning of coal on the surface. adv. In heaps: also, as if a noun, the phrase by heapmeal. They got together spices and odours of all sorts,.. thereon pour the same forth by heape-meal. Holland, tr. of Camden's Britain, p. 71. (hé’pi), a. [ hear Dere frende Merlin, I haue herde say that ye loved well my fader, Vterpendragon. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), i. 114. Painting, sir, I have heard say, is a mystery [craft]. Shak., M. for M., iv. 2. I have heard say (again to take a trifling matter) that at the beginning of this century it was a subject of serious, nay, of angry controversy, whether it began with January 1800, or January 1801. J. H. Newman, Gram. of A ent, p. 363. To hear tell of, to hear some or any one talk about; listen to what is said about. [Obsolete or colloquial.] She cannot endure to hear tell of a husband. Shak.; Much Ado, ii. 1. II. in trans. 1. To po e the sense of hearing; have that form of sense-perception which is dependent on the ear. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them. Proy. xx. 12, You are so sadly deaf, my dear, What shall I do to make you hear 2 Cowper, Mutual Forbearance, 2. To listen; harken; give heed. Hear ye now, O house of David. Isa. vii, 13. Dost thou hear? gav’st thou my letter to Julia? Shak., T. G. of V., i. 1. ‘When themes like these employ the poet’s tongue, I hear as mute as if a syren sung. Cowper, Table-Talk, 1. 199. 3. Tobe told; learn by report: as, so I hear. When the Queen heard of the King’s Proclamation, she knew there was no returning for her into England without some good A istance. Baker, Chronicles, p. 111. Charm’d with the sight, the world, I cried, Shall hear of this thy deed. Cowper, Dog and Water-Lily. 4}. To be heard, or heard of; be reported. I will no more of these superfluous exce es. They are these make me hear so ill both in town and country. B. Jonson, Love Restored. Our King and Parliament have been at great strife who should obtaine most Justice; if they would now strive who should shew most Mercy, it would heare well throughout the world. NV. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 70. Hear, hear! an exclamation used to call attention to the words of a speaker, and usually to expre approbation.— ne etc.) will not hear of, I (he, etc.) will not enter the idea of; I (he, etc.) will not have to do with. He wili not hear of drugs. B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. To hear to, to yield or consent to; heed; regard: as, to hear to reason; he refused to hear to the arrangement. He-will not hear to the suggestion that they may be giving account of different battles. Stowe, Origin of Books of the Bible, p. 304. heard! (hérd). Preterit and past participle of hear. heard?+, ». An obsolete spelling of herd2. heardgroomet, ”. See herdgroom. heared. An obsolete or dialectal form of heard,