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Pronunciation : Mare
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. m?hre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. Marshal.]
Definition : Defn: The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Mare
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m.] (Med.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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