"heapmeal" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more heapmeal [comparative], most heapmeal [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *hepemele, from Old English hēapmǣlum (“in heaps, heapmeal”), equivalent to heap + -meal. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*hepemele}} Middle English *hepemele, {{inh|en|ang|hēapmǣlum|t=in heaps, heapmeal}} Old English hēapmǣlum (“in heaps, heapmeal”), {{af|en|heap|-meal}} heap + -meal Head templates: {{en-adv}} heapmeal (comparative more heapmeal, superlative most heapmeal)
  1. (rare, largely obsolete) In heaps, or heap by heap; in large quantities or numbers. Tags: rare Synonyms: heap-meal, heap-meale [obsolete] Translations (in heaps): kasapäin (Finnish), kasoittain (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-heapmeal-en-adv-Y2m54MFc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -meal

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          "ref": "1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The dawn in Britain",
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