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hearse | x |

As a noun hearse

is a hind in the second year of its age.

As a verb hearse

is (dated) to enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

hearse

English

(wikipedia hearse)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hind in the second year of its age.
  • 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.
  • A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • underneath this marble hearse
  • * Fairfax
  • Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.
  • * Longfellow
  • who lies beneath this sculptured hearse
  • A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Set down, set down your honourable load, / If honour may be shrouded in a hearse .
  • A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
  • Verb

  • (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
  • References

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    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----