mare's-nest
21mare'snest — mare s nest (mârz) n. pl. mare s nests or mares nests 1. A hoax or fraud. 2. An extraordinarily complicated situation. * * * …
22mare — [meə US mer] n [: Old English; Origin: mere] 1.) a female horse or ↑donkey →↑stallion, filly ↑filly 2.) mare s nest a) a discovery that seems important but is actually of no value …
23nest — nest1 [nest] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(birds)¦ 2¦(insects/animals)¦ 3 leave/fly the nest 4 nest of spies/thieves/intrigue etc 5 nest of tables/boxes etc ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English;] 1.) ¦(BIRDS)¦ a place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to live in… …
24nest — 1 noun (C) 1 a hollow place made or chosen by a bird to lay its eggs in and to make its home in 2 a place where insects or small animals live: a field mouse s nest 3 a nest of spies/criminals/vice etc a place where there are many bad people or… …
25Mare — For other uses, see Mare (disambiguation). Mares redirects here. For the surname, see Mares (surname). For the Romanian village of Mareş, see Albota. A broodmare and foal A mare is an adult female horse or other equine …
26mare — {{11}}mare (1) female horse, O.E. mere (Mercian), myre (W.Saxon), fem. of mearh horse, from P.Gmc. *markhjon (Cf. O.S. meriha, O.N. merr, O.Fris. merrie, Du. merrie, O.H.G. meriha, Ger. Mähre mare ), said to be of …
27mare — 1. n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. Phrases and idioms: mare s nest an illusory discovery. mare s tail 1 a tall slender marsh plant, Hippuris vulgaris. 2 (in pl.) long straight streaks of cirrus cloud.… …
28mare — noun (C) 1 a female horse or donkey compare stallion 2 mare s nest a) a discovery that seems important but is actually of no value b) a confused situation or a very untidy place …
29(a) mare's nest — …
30rat's nest — rat s′ nest n. cvb mare s nest …
