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<h1>Harp</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harped</er> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>hearpian</ets>. See <er>Harp</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To play on the harp.</def>

<blockquote>I heard the voice of harpers, <b>harping</b> with their harps. <i>Rev. xiv. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>.</def> "<i>Harpings</i> upon old themes."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<blockquote><b>Harping</b> on what I am, Not what he knew I was. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To harp on one string</col>, <cd>to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. <mark>[Collog.]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Harp</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Thou '<b>harped</b> my fear aright. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harpa</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"pa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., harp.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.</def>

<h1>Harpagon</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"pa*gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>harpago</ets>, Gr. <?/ hook, rake.]</ety> <def>A grappling iron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Harp"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hearpere</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A player on the harp; a minstrel.</def>

<blockquote>The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like <b>harpers</b> hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly current in Ireland.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Harping</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the harp; <as>as, <ex>harping</ex> symphonies</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Harping iron</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp"ing i`ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F.<ets>harper</ets> to grasp strongly. See <er>Harpoon</er>.]</ety> <def>A harpoon.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Harpings</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp"ings</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The fore parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of a vessel, and are fastened to the stem.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>harpins</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Totten.</i>