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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 'harped my fear aright. Shak.

ly, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a goo…

A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language. Addison.

A look or expression of heading. [R.] He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. Shak.

An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm. Cough or cry hem, if anybody come. Shak.

A figure in which the idea is expressed by two nouns connected by and, instead of by a noun and limiting adjective; as, we drink from cups and gold, for golden cups.

An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder. B. Jonson.

Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson.

Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.

sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36.

A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.

Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon.

Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.

on with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour At what hour shall we meet

To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Is. xiii. 6.

To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed. Trial of the Regicides.

To give a human character or expression to. "Humanized divinities." Caird.

A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect. Our common forms of compliment are almos…