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MARE , the See also:English See also:term for the See also:female of any See also:animal of the See also:family See also:Equidae, of the See also:ass, or See also:zebra, but particularly of the See also:horse . It is also used of the See also:camel . To find a " mare's See also:nest " is an old proverbial saying for a purely imaginary See also:discovery . In " See also:night-mare," an oppressive or terrifying See also:dream, the termination is a word appearing as See also:mar, maer and See also:mara in various Teutoniclanguages for a goblin, supposed to sit on a See also:sleeper's See also:chest and cause these dreams: cf. See also:elf . This See also:Teutonic word also appears in the See also:French cauchemar, the first See also:part being from caucher, to tread or trample upon, See also:Lat. calcare . |
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