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HEARSE
hearse
(noun) a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hearse (plural hearses)
A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.
A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
Verb
hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed)
(dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Anagrams
• harees, sharee
Source: Wiktionary
Hearse, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A hind in the year of its age. [Eng.] Wright.
Hearse, n. Etym: [See Herse.]
1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. [Obs.] Oxf. Gloss.
2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic] "Underneath this marble hearse." B. Johnson. Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.
3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. [Obs.] Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may be shrouded in a hearse. Shak.
4. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
Hearse, v. t.
Definition: To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] "Would she were hearsed at my foot." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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