Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An obsolete spelling of hearse in various senses.
- n. A framework, composed of bars or rods, and used for any purpose; a grating.
- n. In fortification, specifically— A portcullis.
- n. A frame armed with spikes, used for chevauxde-frise, and laid in the way or in breaches, with the points up, to prevent or obstruct the advance of an enemy.
- n. In heraldry, a charge resembling a harrow, and blazoned herse or harrow indifferently.
- An obsolete variant of hearse.
- n. A genus of sphingid moths.
- n. A genus of birds. The common white-bellied swallow of the United States is sometimes known as Herse bicolor.
R. P. Lesson, 1837. - n. A genus of crustaceans.
- n. A genus of mollusks.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
- n. See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.
- n. A funeral ceremonial.
- v. Same as hearse, v. t.
Examples
“The name herse was then applied to the draped catafalque or platform upon which the candles stood and the coffin rested, not as now the word hearse to a carriage for the conveyance of the dead.”
“I never did hold with a woman killin 'herse'f with hard work.”
“I 'uz up there, while after that, turn' down her bed; an 'she injoyin' herse'f readin 'book.”
“Page 102 comes agin, jes 'as she were joyin' herse'f, jes 'es she were takin' a little plesyure, here dey comes a knockin 'uv it all in de haid, en spillin' de fat in de fire.”
“Not that the preacher wouldn't be good to her, but because she'd be a settin 'herse'f up as a mark fur all the other women in the neighborhood.”
“Dere didn ''pear ter be nuffin' pertickler de matter wid her, -- she had des grieve 'herse'f ter def fer her Sandy.”
“The Lance saveys; he knows Sunbright; likewise he knows what her plantin 'herse'f in his way an' her droopin 'attitoode explains.”
“An 'wan leetle cheer for Belzemire dat 's kipin' herse'f alive”
“When he caught the measles from Sairy Baxter's baby Lizzie sot up day 'nd night till he wuz well, holdin' his hands 'nd singin' songs to him, 'nd cryin' herse'f almost to death because she dassent give him cold water to drink when he called f'r it.”
“I reckon Miss Flo'ence mighty 'shamed o' herse'f, kickin 'up all dis rumpus 'bout nothin'. ”
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