the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > number assembled (2)
With preceding adjective. A (large, small, etc.) collection or aggregate of persons or things. Also with preceding adverb and a, as quite a number…
The top of the head; the crown, the vertex. Now used chiefly with reference to animals, esp. horses.