In the south aisle, on a slab raised on four low shafts and covered by an iron herse, is a fine coloured recumbent effigy of a bishop
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Herse
//hɜː(ɹ)s//
Synonyms for "herse" (7 found)
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Dido, my deare, alas! Dead, and lyeth wrapt in lead. O heavie herse!
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The house is hers'd about with a black wood, Which nods with many a heavy-headed tree: Each flower's a pregnant poison, try'd and good; Each herb a plague.
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The Grecians spritefully drew from the darts the corse, And hers'd it, bearing it to fleet.
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