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Webster 1913 Edition
Hearse
Hearse
(hẽrs)
, Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A hind in the second year of its age.
[Eng.]
Wright.
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
It honor may be shrouded in a
hearse
. Shakespeare
Hearse
,Verb.
T.
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
[Obs.]
“Would she were hearsed at my foot.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hearse
HEARSE
,Noun.
1.
The case or place in which a corpse is deposited.2.
A carriage for conveying the dead to the grave. [See Herse.]3.
A hind in the second year of her age.HEARSE
,Verb.
T.