Sentence:  Athelstan Arundel walked homenb..., foaming and raging. ... He walked the whole way, walking through <WSD>crowds</WSD>, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.