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2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.

3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.

-- Har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

Har*mon"i*phon (h‰r*mn"*fn), n. [Gr. "armoni`a harmony + fwnh` sound.] (Mus.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.

Har"mo*nist (h‰r"m*nst), n. [Cf. F. harmoniste.] 1. One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.

2. (Mus.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.

{ Har"mo*nist, Har"mo*nite (-nt), } n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect, founded in W¸rtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.

Har*mo"ni*um (h‰r*m"n*m), n. [NL. See Harmony. ] A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.

Har`mo*ni*za"tion (h‰r`m*n*z"shn), n. The act of harmonizing.

Har"mo*nize (h‰r"m*nz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harmonized (- nzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harmonizing (- n"zng).] [Cf. F. harmoniser. ] 1. To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.

3. To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.

Har"mo*nize, v. t. 1. To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.

2. (Mus.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.

Har"mo*ni`zer (-n`zr), n. One who harmonizes.

Har`mo*nom"e*ter (-nm"*tr), n. [Gr. "armoni`a harmony + meter: cf. F. harmonomËtre.] An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.

Har"mo*ny (h‰r"m*n), n.; pl. Harmonies (- nz). [ F. harmonie, L. harmonia, Gr. "armoni`a joint, proportion, concord, fr. "armo`s a fitting or joining. See Article.] 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.

2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.

3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.

4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b) The science which treats of their construction and progression.

Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies.

Milton.

5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. -- Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music.

Syn. -- Harmony, Melody. Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.

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Har"most (h‰r"mst), n. [Gr. "armosth`s, fr. "armo`zein to join, arrange, command: cf. F. harmoste. See Harmony.] (Gr. Antiq.) A city governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.

Har"mo*tome (-m*tm), n. [Gr. "armo`s a joint + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. harmotome.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross- stone.

A related mineral, called lime harmotome, and Phillipsite, contains lime in place of baryta. Dana.

Har"ness (-ns), n. [OE. harneis, harnes, OF. harneis, F. harnais, harnois; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. harnez old iron, armor, W. haiarn iron, Armor. houarn, Ir. iarann, Gael. iarunn. Cf. Iron.] 1. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

At least we'll die with harness on our back.

Shak.

2. The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.

3. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.

To die in harness, to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die while actively engaged in work or duty.

Har"ness, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harnessed (-nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Harnessing.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array.

Harnessed in rugged steel.

Rowe.

A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear.

Chaucer.

2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. Dr. H. More.

3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.

Harnessed to some regular profession.

J. C. Shairp.

Harnessed antelope. (Zoˆl.) See Guib. -- Harnessed moth (Zoˆl.), an American bombycid moth (Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.

Har"ness cask` (ksk`). (Naut.) A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.

Har"ness*er (-r), n. One who harnesses.

Harns (h‰rnz), n. pl. [Akin to Icel. hjarni, Dan. hierne.] The brains. [Scot.]

Harp (h‰rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.] 1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.

2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.

3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]

∆olian harp. See under ∆olian.

Harp seal (Zoˆl.), an arctic seal (Phoca Grúnlandica). The adult males have a light- colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides. -- Harp shell (Zoˆl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.

Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped (h‰rpt) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.] 1. To play on the harp.

I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps.

Rev. xiv. 2.

2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving.

Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was.

Shak.

To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.]

Harp, v. t. To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.

Thou 'st harped my fear aright.

Shak.

||Har"pa (h‰r"p), n. [L., harp.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of marine univalve ||shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, ||and their ornamental ribs.

Har"pa*gon (-gn), n. [L. harpago, Gr. "arpa`gh hook, rake.] A grappling iron. [Obs.]

Harp"er (h‰rp"r), n. [AS. hearpere.] 1. A player on the harp; a minstrel.

The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.

Longfellow.

2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland. B. Jonson.

Harp"ing (h‰rp"ng), a. Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. Milton.

Harp"ing i`ron (`rn). [F. harper to grasp strongly. See Harpoon.] A harpoon. Evelyn.

Harp"ings (-ngz), n. pl. (Naut.) The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also harpins.] Totten.

Harp"ist, n. [Cf. F. harpiste.] A player on the harp; a harper. W. Browne.

Har*poon" (h‰r*pn"), n. [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. "a`rph the kite, sickle, and E. harpy. Cf. Harp.] A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.

Harpoon fork, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end and a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power. -- Harpoon gun, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.

Har*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harpooned (-pnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Harpooning.] To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.

Har`poon*eer" (h‰r`pn*r"), n. An harpooner. Crabb.

Har*poon"er (h‰r*pn"r), n. [Cf. F. harponneur.] One who throws the harpoon.

Harp"ress (h‰rp"rs), n. A female harper. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Harp"si*chon (h‰rp"s*kn), n. A harpsichord. [Obs.]

Harp"si*chord (-kÙrd), 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.

Har"py (h‰r"p), n.; pl. Harpies (-pz). [F. harpie, L. harpyia, Gr. "a`rpyia, from the root of "arpa`zein to snatch, to seize. Cf. 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 quite. 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. (Zoˆl.) (a) The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus Êruginosus). (b) A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (ThrasaÎtus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.

Harpy bat (Zoˆl.) (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cephalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia). -- Harpy fly (Zoˆl.), the house fly.

{ Har"que*bus Har"que*buse } (h‰r"kw*bs), 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.

Har"rage (hr"rj; 48) v. t. [See Harry.] To harass; to plunder from. [Obs.] Fuller.

Har"re (h‰r"re), n. [OE., fr. AS. heorr, hÌor.] A hinge. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Har"ri*dan (hr"r*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.

Har"ri*er (-r), n. [From Hare, n.] (Zoˆl.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [Written also harier.]

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

2. (Zoˆl.) 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 Êruginosus), and the hen harrier (C. cyaneus).

Harrier hawk(Zoˆl.), one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur.

Har"row (hr"r), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. &radic;16.] 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.

Har"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harrowed (-rd); 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.

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.

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

Meaning thereby to harrow his people.

Bacon

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

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

Har"ry (-r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harried (-rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.] [OE. harwen, herien, herien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. Harbor, Herald, Heriot.]

1. To strip; to pillage; 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.

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

Harsh (h‰rsh), a. [Compar. Harsher (-r); superl. Harshest.] [OE. harsk; akin to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. h‰rsk; 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 preacher charmed.

Dryden.

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

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

'T will sound harshly in her ears.

Shak.

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.

Hars"let (h‰rs"lt), n. See Haslet.

Hart (h‰rt), n. [OE. hart, hert, heort, AS. heort, heorot; akin to D. hert, OHG. hiruz, hirz, G. hirsch, Icel. hjˆrtr, Dan. & Sw. hjort, L. cervus, and prob. to Gr. kerao`s horned, ke`ras horn. &radic;230. See Horn.] (Zoˆl.) A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.

Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind.

Milton.

Hart"beest` (-bst`), n. [D. hertebeest. See Hart, and Beast.] (Zoˆl.) 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.]

Hart"en (-'n), v. t. To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] Spenser.

Hart"ford (h‰rt"frd), 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.

Hart's" clo`ver (h‰rts" kl`vr). (Bot.) Melilot or sweet clover. See Melilot.

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

Harts"horn` (-hÙrn`), 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 buck'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's"-tongue` (h‰rts"tng`), n. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of LinnÊus. It is also found in Florida.

Hart"wort` (h‰rt"w˚rt`), n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).

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

Har"um-scar"um (h‚r"m*sk‚r"m), 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.

Ha*rus`pi*ca"tion (h*rs`p*k"shn), n. See Haruspicy. Tylor.

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

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

Har"vest (h‰r"vst), n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. hÊrfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. karpo`s 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 gathered; 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 (Zoˆl.), a marine fish of the Southern United States (Stromateus alepidotus); -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. -- Harvest fly (Zoˆl.), an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada. -- Harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] Tusser. -- Harvest mite (Zoˆl.), 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 (Zoˆl.), 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 representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton. -- Harvest spider. (Zoˆl.) See Daddy longlegs.

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

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

2. (Zoˆl.) A harvesting ant.

Har"vest-home" (-hm), 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.

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

Harvesting ant (Zoˆl.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.

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.

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

Har"vest*man (-man), n.; pl. Harvestmen (-men). 1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.

2. (Zoˆl.) See Daddy longlegs, 1.

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

Har"y (hr"), v. t. [Cf. OF. harier to harass, or E. harry, v. t.] To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

Has"ard (-rd), n. Hazard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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

Hash (hsh), n. [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, fr. 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hashed (hsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hashing.] [From Hash, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.] To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat. Hudibras.

{ Hash"eesh Hash"ish } (hsh"sh), n. [Ar. hashsh.] A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), 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 (hsk), n. [See Hassock.] A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.] Spenser.

Has"let (hs"lt), n. [F. h‚telettes 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 (hsp), n. [OE. hasp, hesp, AS. hÊpse; akin to G. haspe, h‰spe, 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.