herse

Speech parts

1. herse - Noun

2. herse - Verb

3. Herse - Proper noun

Meaning

A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.

See Hearse, a carriage for the dead.

A funeral ceremonial.

Same as Hearse, v. t.

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Examples

Another version of the myth of the Athenian maidens is told in Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC 17 AD); in this late variant Hermes falls in love with Herse. Source: Internet

The manufacture involves the cleaning, bleaching, stretching on a frame (a "herse"), and scraping of the skin with a crescent-shaped knife (a "lunarium" or "lunellum"). Source: Internet

Hermes demands help from Aglaulus to seduce Herse. Source: Internet

Herse, Aglaulus, and Pandrosus go to the temple to offer sacrifices to Athena. Source: Internet

The skin is washed with water and lime, but not together, and it has to soak in the lime for a couple of days. citation The hair is removed and the skin is dried by attaching it to a frame called a herse. Source: Internet

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