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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

... and hang their feet over, and talk. A good many paths show, but not all by a good deal. The bridge and plank near Mr. Turtle's house lead to the Wide Grass Lands and Big West Hills. The spots along the Foot Race show where Grandpaw Hare stopped, and the one across the fence shows where Mr. Turtle landed. Most of the other things tell what they are, and all the things are a good deal farther apart than they look. Of course there was not room on the ...

— How Mr. Rabbit Lost his Tail • Albert Bigelow Paine

... upon hunting. It always seemed to me a curious thing, that in the height of English civilization this vestige of the savage state should still remain. I told Lord Albemarle that I thought the idea of a whole concourse of strong men turning out to hunt a poor fox or hare, creatures so feeble and insignificant, and who can do nothing to defend themselves, was hardly consistent with manliness; that if they had some of our American buffaloes, or a Bengal tiger, the affair would be something more dignified and generous. ...

— Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2 • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... looked at me, as if she thought our heat might be afflicted with the mumps or measles or have a hare lip, and as if I was to blame ...

— The Van Dwellers - A Strenuous Quest for a Home • Albert Bigelow Paine

... first seemed anxious about those rounds; but she soon noticed that Michel and Jacques contented themselves with watching on the edge of the forest of Seillon, and the frequent appearance of a jugged hare, or a haunch of venison on the table, proved to her that Michel kept his word regarding ...

— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere

... a monkey and a hare went fishing together in a canoe in which they had taken a good supply of Indian corn. While the monkey was paddling the hare was eating up all the corn. When the corn had been entirely disposed of, in its irresistible desire to use its incisors, the ...

— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

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