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Harp

Harp (harp)
n.(härp)
Harp
[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. A constellation] Lyra, or the Lyre.
  3. A grain sieve.
    [Scot.]

    Æolian harp. See under Æolian.

    Harp seal (Zoöl.), an arctic seal (Phoca Grœnlandica). 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 (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.

Harp

Harp (harp)
v. i.
Harp
  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

Harp (harp)
v. t.
Harp
  1. 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.













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