01 n. The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
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The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
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Webster, 1913
Mare
/(mâr)/
· IPA /mɛɚ/
02 n. Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obs…
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Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.(Med.)“I will ride thee o' nights like the mare.” — Shak.