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<i><mark>[Obs.]</mark></i>

<blockquote>He was a gentle <b>harlot</b> and a kind. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.</def>

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<hw>Har"lot</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wanton; lewd; low; base.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Har"lot</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>Har"lot*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To harlot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Warner.</i>

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<hw>Har"lot*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Piers Plowman. Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything meretricious; <as>as, <ex>harlotry</ex> in art</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He sups to-night with <b>a harlotry</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Harm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>harm</ets>, <ets>hearm</ets>, AS.<ets>hearm</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>harm</ets>, G. <ets>harm</ets> grief, Icel. <ets>harmr</ets>, Dan. <ets>harme</ets>, <ets>Sw</ets>. <ets>harm</ets>; cf. OSlav. & Russ. <ets>sram'</ets> shame, Skr. <ets>crama</ets> toil, fatigue.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which causes injury, damage, or loss.</def>

<blockquote>We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own <b>harms</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See <er>Mischief</er>.</syn>

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