The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearse \Hearse\ (h[~e]rs), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   A hind in the second year of its age. [Eng.] --Wright.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearse \Hearse\ (h[~e]rs), n. [See Herse.]
   1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or
      tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also,
      a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a
      church, under which the coffin was placed during the
      funeral ceremonies. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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   2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic]
      "Underneath this marble hearse." --B. Johnson.
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            Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.
                                                  --Fairfax
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            Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse.
                                                  --Longfellow.
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   3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
      [Obs.]
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            Set down, set down your honorable load,
            It honor may be shrouded in a hearse. --Shak.
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   4. A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for
      conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hearse \Hearse\, v. t.
   To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] "Would she were
   hearsed at my foot." --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hearse
    n 1: a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery;
         formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle

The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

HEARSE, n.  Death's baby-carriage.