HERSE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. Farrow.

2.
n.

See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.

3.
n.

A funeral ceremonial. [Obs.] Spenser.

4.
v.

Same as Hearse, v. t. Chapman.


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