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4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.

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5. (Glass Works) A mixing box for materials.

Harbor dues (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. -- Harbor seal (Zoˆl.), the common seal. -- Harbor watch, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch.

Har"bor (h‰r"br), v. t. [Written also harbour.] [imp. & p. p. Harbored (-brd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harboring.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See Harbor, n.] To afford lodging to; to entertain as a guest; to shelter; to receive; to give a refuge to; to indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).

Any place that harbors men.

Shak.

The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected.

Bp. Burnet.

Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage.

Rowe.

Har"bor, v. i. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.

For this night let's harbor here in York.

Shak.

Har"bor*age (-j), n. Shelter; entertainment.[R.]

Where can I get me harborage for the night?

Tennyson.

Har"bor*er (-r), n. One who, or that which, harbors.

Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion.

Strype.

Har"bor*less, a. Without a harbor; shelterless.

Har"bor mas`ter (ms`tr). An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

{ Har"bor*ough (-), Har"brough (-br), } n. [See Harbor.] A shelter. [Obs.]. Spenser.

Har"bor*ous (-br*s), a. Hospitable. [Obs.]

Hard (h‰rd), a. [Compar. Harder (-r); superl. Hardest.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. harr, Dan. haard, Sw. hÂrd, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty`s strong, ka`rtos, kra`tos, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, k to do, make. Cf. Hardy.] 1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.

2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.

The hard causes they brought unto Moses.

Ex. xviii. 26.