A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
The readership of a book or other written publication.
A following.
An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
A fiddle.
A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
To press together or collect in numbers
To press forward; to advance by pushing.
To push, to press, to shove.
To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
To fill by pressing or thronging together
To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.