Associations to the word «Herse»
Noun
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Wiktionary
HERSE, noun. A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
HERSE, noun. Obsolete form of hearse (a carriage for the dead)
HERSE, noun. (obsolete) A funeral ceremony.
HERSE, verb. Alternative form of hearse
HERSE, proper noun. (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.