entasset (ent as)

t. [ME. enta en, F. tas, etc.), a heap.] To heap up; crowd together. Gawein leide honde to his swerde and smote in to the thikkest of the pre e, and pa ed thourgh the stour as thikke as the i weren enta ed , and his felowes spake moc he of the prowe e that the i saugh hym do. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 410 enta ementt (en-tas'ment), n. [ME., enta er , heap up: see enta e.] A heap; an accumulation; a crowd. Ther was grete enta ement of men and of horse vpon hepes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 398. IMG:content-0531.png:[blocks in formation] The mortall steele despiteously entayld Deepe in their flesh, quite through the yron walles. Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 29.