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<h1>Harpist</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gf. F. <ets>harpiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A player on the harp; a harper.</def>

<i>W. Browne.</i>

<h1>Harpoon</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har*poon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>harpon</ets>, LL. <ets>harpo</ets>, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the <ets>harp</ets>; cf. F. <ets>harper</ets> to take and grasp strongly, <ets>harpe</ets> a dog's claw, <ets>harpin</ets> boathook (the sense of <ets>hook</ets> coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. <?/ the kite, sickle, and E. <ets>harpy</ets>. Cf. <er>Harp</er>.]</ety> <def>A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.</def>

<cs><col>Harpoon fork</col>, <cd>a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.</cd> -- <col>Harpoon gun</col>, <cd>a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.</cd></cs>

<h1>Harpoon</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har*poon"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harpooned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harpooning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.</def>

<h1>Harpooneer</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har`poon*eer`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An harpooner.</def>

<i>Grabb.</i>

<h1>Harpooner</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har*poon`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gf. F. <ets>harponneur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who throws the harpoon.</def>

<h1>Harpress</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp`ress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female harper.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Harpsichon</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp"si*chon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A harpsichord.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Harpsichord</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harp"si*chord</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>harpechorde</ets>, in which the <ets>harpe</ets> is of German origin. See <er>Harp</er>, and <er>Chord</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.</def>

<h1>Harpy</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Harpies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>harpie</ets>, L. <ets>harpyia</ets>, Gr. <?/, from the root of <?/ to snatch, to seize. Gf. <er>Rapacious</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three.</def>

<blockquote>Both table and provisions vanished guite. With sound of <b>harpies'</b> wings and talons heard. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>harpies</b> about all pocket the pool. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (<spn>Circus \'91ruginosus</spn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (<spn>Thrasa\'89tus harpyia</spn>). It ranges from Texas to Brazil.</def>

<cs><col>Harpy bat</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An East Indian fruit bat of the genus <spn>Harpyia</spn> (esp. <spn>H. cerphalotes</spn>), having prominent, tubular nostrils.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A small, insectivorous Indian bat (<spn>Harpiocephalus harpia</spn>).</cd></cs>

<cs><col>Harpy fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the house fly.</cd></cs>