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Mare (mâr), n. [OE. mere, AS.  mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. mähre, 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.

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Mare, n. [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. mra.] (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.

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    I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. Shak.

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maria n. pl.
    1. (Astron.) Plural form of mare, a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.

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    2. (Bot.) A valuable timber tree of Panama.

    Syn. -- Calophyllum longifolium.

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