a large quantity; the whole quantity or the larger amount; a dense collection of objects seeming to form one body; the populace of the lower orders: the masses. See also bulk.
Examples: mass of abuses; of bruises; of bullion; of colours; of confusion; of evidence; of evil; of faults; of folly; of fountains; of heresies; of letters; of mankind; of mistakes; of money; of people; of prejudice; of priests; of sand; of seeds; of stones; of treasures; of violets; of water; solid mass of living.