Search the Dictionary

A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.

A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.

military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. At least we 'll die witch harness on our back. Shak.

lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.

One who harnesses.

The brains. [Scot.]

A grain sieve. [Scot.] Æolian harp. See under Æolian. Harp seal (Zoöl.), an arctic seal (Phoca Groenlandica). 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 she…

A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.

A grappling iron. [Obs.]

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.

Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. Milton.

A harpoon. Evelyn.

e wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem. [Written also harpins.] Totten.

A player on the harp; a harper. W. Browne.

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 a loop for a rope…

An harpooner. Grabb.

One who throws the harpoon.

A female harper. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

A harpsichord. [Obs.]

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 It is now superseded by the piano.