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The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.

The ripe seeds, or the unripe pod, of the common string bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), used as a vegetable. Other species of the same genus furnish different kinds of haricots.

See Harrier.

See Hara-kiri.

Prognostication; soothsaying. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Like a hare. [R.] Huloet.

To listen; to hearken. [Now rare, except in the imperative form used as an interjection, Hark! listen.] Hudibras. Hark away! Hark back! Hark forward! (Sporting), cries used to incite and guide hounds in hunting. -- To hark back, to go back for a fresh start, as when one has wandered from his direct course, or made a d…

To hearken. Tennyson.

A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.

The red-breasted merganser.

A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.

dience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. -- Harlequin beetle (Zoöl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longim…

A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. Macaulay.

Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. Drayton.

A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth. [Obs.] He was a gentle harlot and a kind. Chaucer.

To harlot. [Obs.] Warner.

Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.

That which causes injury, damage, or loss. We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms. Shak.

An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.

antic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.