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

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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

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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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