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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hearse \Hearse\, v. t.
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] ``Would she were
hearsed at my foot.'' --Shak.
Hearse \Hearse\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A hind in the year of its age. [Eng.] --Wright.
Hearse \Hearse\, 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.
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
hearse
n : a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery;
formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle