\Hearse\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A hind in the year of its age. [Eng.] --Wright.

\Hearse\, n. [See {Herse}.]
1. 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. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic]
   ``Underneath this marble hearse.'' --B. Johnson.
         Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.
                                               --Fairfax
         Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse.
                                               --Longfellow.
3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
   [Obs.]
         Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may
         be shrouded in a hearse.              --Shak.
4. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the
   dead to the grave.

\Hearse\, v. t.
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] ``Would she were
hearsed at my foot.'' --Shak.