Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HEARSE
HEARSE, n. [hers. See Herse.]
- A temporary monument set over a grave. Weever.
- The case or place in which a corpse is deposited. Fairfax.
- A carriage for conveying the dead to the grave. [See Herse.]
- A hind in the second year of her age. Encyc.
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