Толковый словарь английского языка - mare
Mare
mare
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora night~ Date: before 12th century an evil preternatural being causing night~s, II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mere; akin to Old High German merha ~, Old English mearh horse, Welsh march Date: before 12th century a female horse or other equine animal especially when fully mature or of breeding age, III. noun (plural maria; also ~s) see: marine Date: 1860 any of several mostly flat dark areas of considerable extent on the surface of the moon or Mars
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1. n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. Phrases and idioms mare's nest an illusory discovery. mare's tail 1 a tall slender marsh plant, Hippuris vulgaris. 2 (in pl.) long straight streaks of cirrus cloud. Etymology: ME f. OE mearh horse f. Gmc: cf. MARSHAL 2. n. (pl. maria or mares) 1 (in full mare clausum) Law the sea under the jurisdiction of a particular country. 2 (in full mare liberum) Law the sea open to all nations. 3 a any of a number of large dark flat areas on the surface of the moon, once thought to be seas. b a similar area on Mars. Etymology: L, = sea ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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