adv., prop. phr. [A prep.1 of state, in + HEAP.] In a heap, ‘all of a heap.’

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1827.  Hood, Mids. Fairies, xvi. Some fresh bruit, Startled me all aheap.

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1879.  J. D. Long, Æneid, II. 662. He falls aheap, and in a gush of blood Pours out his life.

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