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Rowe.

A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear.

Chaucer.

2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. Dr. H. More.

3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.

Harnessed to some regular profession.

J. C. Shairp.

Harnessed antelope. (Zoˆl.) See Guib. -- Harnessed moth (Zoˆl.), an American bombycid moth (Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.

Har"ness cask` (ksk`). (Naut.) A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.

Har"ness*er (-r), n. One who harnesses.

Harns (h‰rnz), n. pl. [Akin to Icel. hjarni, Dan. hierne.] The brains. [Scot.]

Harp (h‰rp), n. [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. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.

3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]

∆olian harp. See under ∆olian.

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

Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped (h‰rpt) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.] 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, v. t. 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.

||Har"pa (h‰r"p), n. [L., harp.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of marine univalve ||shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, ||and their ornamental ribs.

Har"pa*gon (-gn), n. [L. harpago, Gr. "arpa`gh hook, rake.] A grappling iron. [Obs.]