Part 5180

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hearsay</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hear"say`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.</def>

<blockquote>Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous <b>hearsays</b> of his life and conversation. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hearsay evidence</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>that species of testimony which consists in a a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony.</cd></cs>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Hearse</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hearse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A hind in the year of its age.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Hearse</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hearse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Herse</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Oxf. Gloss.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "Underneath this marble <i>hearse</i>."

<i>B. Johnson.</i>

<blockquote>Beside the <b>hearse</b> a fruitful palm tree grows. <i>Fairfax</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who lies beneath this sculptured <b>hearse</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may be shrouded in a <b>hearse</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.</def>

<h1>Hearse</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hearse</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Would she were <i>hearsed</i> at my foot."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hearsecloth</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hearse"cloth`</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.</def>

<i>Bp. Sanderson.</i>

<h1>Hearselike</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hearse"like"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Suitable to a funeral.</def>

<blockquote>If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many <b>hearselike</b> airs as carols. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>