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mare |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mare \Mare\ (m[^a]r), n. [OE. mere, AS mere, myre, fem of AS mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. m["a]hre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir marc, W. march. Cf {Marshal}.] The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mare \Mare\, n. [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf Pol. mora, Bohem. m[*u]ra.] (Med.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare. I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mare n 1: female equine animal [syn: {female horse}] 2: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon [syn: {maria}]
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