Chapter 712

Har`poon*eer` (?) , n. An harpooner.

Grabb.

Harpooner <Xpage=672>

Har*poon`er (?) , n. [Gf. F. harponneur .] One who throws the harpoon.

Harpress <Xpage=672>

Harp`ress (?) , n. A female harper. [R.]

Sir W. Scott.

Harpsichon <Xpage=672>

Harp"si*chon (?) , n. A harpsichord. [Obs.]

Harpsichord <Xpage=672>

Harp"si*chord (?) , n. [OF. harpechorde , in which the harpe is of German origin. See Harp , and Chord .] (Mus.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

Harpy <Xpage=672>

Har"py (?) , n. ; pl. Harpies (#) . [F. harpie , L. harpyia , Gr. <?/, from the root of <?/ to snatch, to seize. Gf. Rapacious .] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.

Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard. Milton.

2. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

The harpies about all pocket the pool. Goldsmith.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier ( Circus \'91ruginosus ). (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle ( Thrasa\'89tus harpyia ). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.

Harpy bat (Zo\'94l.) (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cerphalotes ), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat ( Harpiocephalus harpia ).

Harpy fly (Zo\'94l.) , the house fly.

Harquebus, Harquebuse <Xpage=672>

Har"que*bus , Har"que*buse (?) , n. [See Arquebus .] A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock .

Harrage <Xpage=672>

Har"rage (?) v. t.. [See Harry .] To harass; to plunder from. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Harre <Xpage=672>

Har"re (?) , n. [OE., fr. AS. heorr , hior .] A hinge. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Harridan <Xpage=672>

Har"ri*dan (?) , n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.] A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.

Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan , substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.

Harrier <Xpage=672>

Har"ri*er (?) , n. [From Hare , n. ] (Zo\'94l.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also harier .]

Harrier <Xpage=672>

Har"ri*er , n. [From Harry .] 1. One who harries.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier ( Circus \'91runginosus ), and the hen harrier ( C. cyaneus ).

Harrier hawk (<?/), one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur .

Harrow <Xpage=672>

Har"row (?) , n. [OE. harowe , harwe , AS. hearge ; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke , Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve , Sw. harf . <?/ <?/<?/.] 1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.

2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.

Bush harrow , a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. -- Drill harrow . See under 6th Drill . -- Under the harrow , subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.

Harrow <Xpage=672>

Har"row , v. t.. [ imp. & p. p. Harrowed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Harrowing .] [OE. harowen , harwen ; cf. Dan. harve . See Harrow , n. ] 1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land .

Will he harrow the valleys after thee? Job xxxix. 10.

2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.

My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. Rowe.

I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. Shak.

Harrow <Xpage=672>

Har"row , interj. [OF. harau , haro ; fr. OHG. hara , hera , herot , or fr. OS. herod hither, akin to E. here .] Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry. " Harrow and well away!"

Spenser.

Harrow ! alas! here lies my fellow slain. Chaucer.

Harrow <Xpage=672>

Har"row , v. t.. [See Harry .] To pillage; to harry; to oppress. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Meaning thereby to harrow his people. Bacon

Harrower <Xpage=672>

Har"row*er (?) , n. One who harrows.

Harrower <Xpage=672>

Har"row*er , n. One who harries. [Obs.]

Harry <Xpage=672>

Har"ry (?) , v. t.. [ imp. & p. p. Harried ( ?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying .] [OF. harwen , herien , her<?/ien , AS. hergisn to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer , Icel . herr , Goth. harjis , and Lith. karas war. Gf. Harbor , Herald , Heriot .]

1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land .

To harry this beautiful region . W. Irving.

A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. J. Burroughs.

2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.

Shak.

Syn. -- To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.

Harry <Xpage=672>

Har"ry , v. i.. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Harsh <Xpage=672>

Harsh (?) , a. [ Compar. Harsher (?) ; superl. Harshest .] [OE. harsk ; akin to G. harsch , Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. h\'84rsk ; from the same source as E. hard . See Hard , a. ] 1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.:(a) To the touch." Harsh sand." Boyle . (b) To the taste. "Berries harsh and crude." Milton . (c) To the ear. " Harsh din." Milton .

2. Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.

Clarence is so harsh , so blunt. Shak.

Though harsh the precept, yet the charmed. Dryden.

3. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.

Harshly <Xpage=672>

Harsh"ly , adv. In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.

'T will sound harshly in her ears. Shak.

Harshness <Xpage=672>

Harsh"ness , n. The quality or state of being harsh.

O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness . Shak.

'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope.

Syn. -- Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See Acrimony .

Harslet <Xpage=672>

Hars"let (?) , n. See Haslet .

Hart <Xpage=672>

Hart (?) , n. [OE. hart , hert , heort , AS. heort , heorot ; akin to D. hert , OHG. hiruz , hirz , G . hirsch , Icel. hj\'94rtr , Dan. & Sw. hjort , L. cervus , and prob. to Gr.<?/ horned, <?/ horn. <?/<?/<?/<?/. See Horn .] (Zo\'94l.) A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck .

Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. Milton.

Hartbeest <Xpage=672>

Hart"beest` (?) , n. [D. hertebeest . See Hart , and Beast .] (Zo\'94l.) A large South African antelope ( Alcelaphus caama ), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white. [Written also hartebeest , and hartebest .]

Harten <Xpage=672>

Hart"en (?) , v. t. To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Hartford <Xpage=672>

Hart"ford (?) , n. The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford , Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.

Harts clover <Xpage=672>

Hart"s` clo`ver (?) . (Bot.) Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot .

Hart's-ear <Xpage=672>

Hart's`-ear` (?) , n. (Bot.) An Asiatic species of Cacalia ( C. Kleinia ), used medicinally in India.

Hartshorn <Xpage=672>

Harts"horn` (?) , n. 1. The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.

2. Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.

Hartshorn plantain (Bot.) , an annual species of plantain ( Plantago Coronopus ); -- called also duck's-horn . Booth . -- Hartshorn shavings , originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. Hebert . -- Salt of hartshorn (Chem.) , an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. Brande & C. -- Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.) , a solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name.

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Hart-tongue <Xpage=673>

Hart"-tongue` (?) , n. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern ( Scolopendrium vulgare ), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linn\'91us. It is also found in Florida.

Hartwort <Xpage=673>

Hart"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ( Tordylium maximum ).

&hand; The name is often vaguely given to other plants of the same order, as species of Seseli and Bupleurum .

Harum-scarum <Xpage=673>

Har"um-scar"um (?) , a. [Cf. hare , v. t. , and scare , v. t. ] Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.]

They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a harum-scarum lad. Thackeray.

Haruspication <Xpage=673>

Ha*rus`pi*ca"tion (?) , n. See Haruspicy .

Tylor.

Haruspice <Xpage=673>

Ha*rus"pice (?) , n. [F., fr. L. haruspex .] A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice .

Haruspicy <Xpage=673>

Ha*rus"pi*cy (?) , n. The art or practices of haruspices. See Aruspicy .

Harvest <Xpage=673>

Har"vest (?) , n. [OE. harvest , hervest , AS. h\'91rfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst , D. herfst , OHG. herbist , G. herbst , and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. <?/ fruit. Cf. Carpet .] 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. Gen viii. 22.

At harvest , when corn is ripe. Tyndale.

2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath<?/<?/ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Joel iii. 13.

To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak.

3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. Fuller.

The harvest of a quiet eye. Wordsworth.

Harvest fish (Zo\'94l.) , a marine fish of the Southern United States ( Stromateus alepidotus ); -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. -- Harvest fly (Zo\'94l.) , an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada , often called locust . See Cicada . -- Harvest lord , the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] Tusser . -- Harvest mite (Zo\'94l.) , a minute European mite ( Leptus autumnalis ), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also harvest louse , and harvest bug . -- Harvest moon , the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Harvest mouse (Zo\'94l.) , a very small European field mouse ( Mus minutus ). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. -- Harvest queen , an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton . -- Harvest spider . (Zo\'94l.) See Daddy longlegs .

Harvest <Xpage=673>

Har"vest , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harvested ; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting .] To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvester <Xpage=673>

Har"vest*er (?) , n. 1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A harvesting ant.

Harvest-home <Xpage=673>

Har"vest-home" (?) , n. 1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.

Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home . Shak.

2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.

Dryden.

3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.

4. The opportunity of gathering treasure.

Shak.

Harvest-ing <Xpage=673>

Har"vest-ing , a. & n. , from Harvest , v. t.

Harvesting ant (Zo\'94l.) , any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.

&hand; The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara ; that of Texas, called agricultural ant , is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens ; that of Florida is P. crudelis . See Agricultural ant , under Agricultural .

Harvestless <Xpage=673>

Har"vest*less , a. Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. " Harvestless autumns."

Tennyson.

Harvestman <Xpage=673>

Har"vest*man (?) , n. ; pl. Harvestmen (<?/) . /def>

1. A man engaged in harvesting.

Shak.

2. (Zo\'94l.) See Daddy longlegs , 1.

Harvestry <Xpage=673>

Har"vest*ry (?) , n. The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested.

Swinburne.

Hary <Xpage=673>

Har"y (?) , v. t. [Cf. OF. harier to harass, or E. harry , v. t. ] To draw; to drag; to carry off by vio<?/ence. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Has <Xpage=673>

Has (?) , 3d pers. sing. pres. of Have .

Hasard <Xpage=673>

Has"ard (?) , n. Hazard. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Hase <Xpage=673>

Hase (?) , v. t. [Obs.] See Haze , v. t.

Hash <Xpage=673>

Hash (?) , n. [Formerly hachey , hachee , F. hachis , <?/. hacher to hash; of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa , for happia . Cf. Hatchet .] 1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.

2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.

I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session. Walpole.

Hash <Xpage=673>

Hash , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hashed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hashing .] [From Hash , n. : cf. F. hacher to hash.] To <?/hop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat .

Hudibras.

Hasheesh, Hashish <Xpage=673>

Hash"eesh , Hash"ish (?) , n. [Ar. hash\'c6sh .] A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp ( Cannabis saltiva ), of the variety Indica , when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See Bhang , and Ganja .

Hask <Xpage=673>

Hask (?) , n. [See Hassock .] A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Haslet <Xpage=673>

Has"let (?) , n. [F. h\'83telettes broil, for hastelettes , fr. F. haste spit; cf. L. hasta spear, and also OHG. harst gridiron.] The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog. [Written also harslet .]

Hasp <Xpage=673>

Hasp (?) , n. [OE. hasp , hesp , AS. h\'91pse ; akin to G. haspe , h\'84spe , Sw. & Dan. haspe , Icel. hespa .]

1. A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.

2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.

3. An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.

Hasp <Xpage=673>

Hasp , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hasped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasping .] [AS. h\'91psian .] To shut or fasten with a hasp.

Hassock <Xpage=673>