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English Dictionary: mare	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mare n female equine animal Synonym(s): mare, female horse a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon Synonym(s): mare, maria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mare \Mare\ (m[acir]r), n. [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. m[84]hre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. {Marshal}.] The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mare \Mare\, n. [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m[uring]ra.] (Med.) 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.