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Hearse (h&etilde_;rs), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A hind in the second year of its age. [Eng.] Wright.
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Hearse (h&etilde_;rs), n. [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.
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2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic] “Underneath this marble hearse.” B. Johnson.
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Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows. Fairfax
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Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse. Longfellow.
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3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. [Obs.]
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Set down, set down your honorable load,
It honor may be shrouded in a hearse. Shak.
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4. A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin.
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Hearse, v. t. To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] “Would she were hearsed at my foot.” Shak.
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