Definition of Hearsy

1. resembling a hearse [adj HEARSIER, HEARSIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hearsy

hearsay
hearsay evidence
hearsay rule
hearsays
hearse
hearsecloth
hearsecloths
hearsed
hearselike
hearses
hearsier
hearsiest
hearsing
hearsome
hearsomeness
hearsy (current term)
heart
heart's-ease
heart-breaking
heart-breakingly
heart-breakingness
heart-burn
heart-eating
heart-failure
heart-failures
heart-felt
heart-healthy
heart-leaf
heart-leaved aster

Literary usage of Hearsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Suffolk Deeds by Suffolk County (Mass.), John T Hassam (1896)
"Assignes doc Covenant Promiss & grant to & with the saide William hearsy his heires & Assignes in manner & form as fol- loweth; [that is to say] That they ..."

2. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"Lit. 234, b. Such has been the recognized rule of the common law in the American courts. Thus in Massachusetts (5 Mass. 521), Jacob hearsy conveyed in fee ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Tennessee Supreme Court, George Shall Yerger (1836)
"In 1804, his will devised the lands to Sylvanus and Cyrus hearsy in fee. ... hearsy, on the death of his wife, took the whole estate, wherefore the title of ..."

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1869)
"Hannah, Daughter of Caleb hearsy; John son of William Sumner Junr. July 13. ... Joseph son of Israel hearsy. Nov. 16. Jesse son of John Bent. Dec. ..."

5. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1901)
"Richard Deare Hen hearsy Churchwarden Continuing the "Disbursements," the following entries ire noticeable : 1714. , d Aug. 3. Paid for Bell Ringing for the ..."

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