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mass (1, 2 are 16th-17th cent. uses)
1. applied to the earth Ham. III. iv. 49.
2. large amount of money or treasure Wiv. II. ii. 289 “m-es of money,” 2H6 I. iii. 134 “a mass of public treasury.”
3. solid bulk, massiveness Troil. I. iii. 29, Ham. IV. iv. 47.
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    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 3.4
    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 4.4
    • William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry VI, 1.3
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