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<hw>Harm</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harmed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>harmen</ets>, AS. <ets>hearmian</ets>. See <er>Harm</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.</def>

<blockquote>Though yet he never <b>harmed</b> me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean me ill or seek to <b>harm</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harmaline</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"ma*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>harmaline</ets> See <er>Harmel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid found in the plant <i>Peganum harmala</i>. It forms bitter, yellow salts.</def>

<h1>Harmattan</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mat"tan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>harmattan</ets>, prob. of Arabic origin.]</ety> <def>A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic 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.</def>

<h1>Harmel</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>harmal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of rue (<spn>Ruta sylvestris</spn>) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation.</def>

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<hw>Harm"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.</def> " Most <i>harmful</i> hazards."

<i>Strype.</i>

--<wordforms><wf>Harm"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Harm"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Harmine</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[See <er>Harmaline</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the <spn>Peganum harmala</spn>), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance.</def>

<h1>Harmless</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Harm"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Free from harm; unhurt; <as>as, to give bond to save another <ex>harmless</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive.</def> " The <i>harmless</i> deer."

<i>Drayton</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.</syn>

--<wordforms><wf>Harm"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt>- <wf>Harm"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<mhw><h1>Harmonic, Harmonical</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Har*mon"ic*al</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>harmonicus</ets>, Gr. <?/; cf. F. <ets>harmonique</ets>. See <er>Harmony</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Concordant; musical; consonant; <as>as, <ex>harmonic</ex> sounds</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Relating to harmony, -- as <i>melodic</i> relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like.</def>

<cs><col>Harmonic interval</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the distance between two notes of a chord, or two consonant notes.</cd> -- <col>Harmonical mean</col> <fld>(Arith. & Alg.)</fld>, <cd>certain relations of numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical consonances.</cd> -- <col>Harmonic motion</col>, <-- reference to diagram of a circle with radius having point P on the circle, and a diameter with point A in the diameter. THe motion of point A, plotted over time, will describe a sine wave! --><cd>the motion of the point A, of the foot of the perpendicular PA, when P moves uniformly in the circumference of a circle, and PA is drawn perpendicularly upon a fixed diameter of the circle. This is <i>simple harmonic motion</i>. The combinations, in any way, of two more simple harmonic motions, make other kinds of harmonic motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is approximately <i>simple harmonic motion</i>.</cd> -- <col>Harmonic proportion</col>. <cd>See under <er>Proportion</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Harmonic series</col> &or; <col>progression</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Progression</er>.</cd> -- <col>Spherical harmonic analysis</col>, <cd>a mathematical method, sometimes referred to as that of <i>Laplace's Coefficients</i>, which has for its object the expression of an arbitrary, periodic function of two independent variables, in the proper form for a large class of physical problems, involving arbitrary data, over a spherical surface, and the deduction of solutions for every point of space. The functions employed in this method are called <i>spherical harmonic functions</i>.</cd> <i>Thomson & Tait</i>. -- <col>Harmonic suture</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>an articulation by simple apposition of comparatively smooth surfaces or edges, as between the two superior maxillary bones in man; -- called also <altname>harmonic</altname>, and <altname>harmony</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Harmonic triad</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the chord of a note with its third and fifth; the common chord.</cd></cs>

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