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Hare

noun

Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes.

Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food. Synonym: rabbit.

verb

Run quickly, like a hare.

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"Hare" Quotes from Famous Books

... lion in the conquering hour! In wild defeat a hare! Thy mind hath vanished with thy power, For Danger brought despair. The dreams of sceptres now depart, And leave thy desolated heart The Capitol of care! Dark Corsican, 'tis strange to trace Thy long deceit and last disgrace." Morning ...

— The Works Of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 7) • Lord Byron

... cook's just as bad. She asked me yesterday if I liked jugged hare. 'Let me see your jug,' said I, 'and then I'll tell you.' And as sure's I'm a sinner, she told me she never used ...

— His Lordship's Leopard - A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts • David Dwight Wells

... image into an absolute identity, giving us a kind of serious pun. In a pun our pleasure arises from a gap in the logical nexus too wide for the reason, but which the ear can bridge in an instant. "Is that your own hare, or a wig?" The fancy is yet more tickled where logic is treated with ...

— Among My Books - First Series • James Russell Lowell

... doing," answered Percival, coolly. "She and my father between them got up an Italian craze; and off they went as soon as ever she came into that property, dragging the family behind them, all laden with books on Italian art, and quoting Augustus Hare, Symonds, and Ruskin indiscriminately. I don't suppose Kitty will have a brain left to stand on when she comes back again—if ever ...

— Under False Pretences - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... this day the written question was put to her: "Why does Lola like going in the woods?" the reply was at once forthcoming, and I dictated it to Frau Professor Kindermann. "Where there is wood also deer and hare"—she was not quite clear in her spelling at first, indeed, in this respect she sometimes reminds one of a foreigner—as also in the ...

— Lola - The Thought and Speech of Animals • Henny Kindermann

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