*hers*

n. A blustering, talkative fellow. [ Local slang, U. S. ] Barllett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of half boot, or high shoe, with laces over the tongue; -- named from the Prussian general Blücher. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or privileges of a burgher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cherso`nhsos; che`rsos land + nh`sos island. ] A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You will not find it furthersome. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. See the Note under Her, pron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rehearsal. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Astron.) See Uranus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to Sir William Herschel; as, the Herschelian telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. herse harrow, portcullis, OF. herce, LL. hercia, L. hirpex, gen. hirpicis, and irpex, gen. irpicis, harrow. The LL. hercia signifies also a kind of candlestick in the form of a harrow, having branches filled with lights, and placed at the head of graves or cenotaphs; whence herse came to be used for the grave, coffin, or chest containing the dead. Cf. Hearse. ] 1. (Fort.) A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Hearse, a carriage for the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A funeral ceremonial. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Hearse, v. t. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. 1. An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself. [ 1913 Webster ]

By herself, alone; apart; unaccompanied. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. herse a harrow. See Herse, n. ] (Fort.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Obs. ] See Inhearse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Pinch. ] An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account of its derivation from the English pinch, and because it represents the common pronunciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a preacher. “The preachership of the Rolls.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Zool.) The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an usher; usherdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wheresoever. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Whither + soever. ] To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead. [ 1913 Webster ]