Part 5136

<h1>Harquebus, Harquebuse</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw><hw>Har"que*bus</hw>, <hw>Har"que*buse</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Arquebus</er>.]</ety> <def>A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called <i>arquebus with matchlock</i>.</def>

<h1>Harrage</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"rage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. t..</tt> <ety>[See <er>Harry</er>.]</ety> <def>To harass; to plunder from.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Harre</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>heorr</ets>, <ets>hior</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hinge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Harridan</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"ri*dan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>haridelle</ets> a worn-out horse, jade.]</ety> <def>A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.</def>

<blockquote>Such a weak, watery, wicked old <b>harridan</b>, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harrier</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"ri*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hare</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>harier</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Harrier</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"ri*er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Harry</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who harries.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus <spn>Circus</spn> which fly low and <i>harry</i> small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (<spn>Circus \'91runginosus</spn>), and the hen harrier (<spn>C. cyaneus</spn>).</def>

<cs><col>Harrier hawk</col><cd>(<?/), one of several species of American hawks of the genus <spn>Micrastur</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Harrow</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>harowe</ets>, <ets>harwe</ets>, AS. <ets>hearge</ets>; cf. D. <ets>hark</ets> rake, G. <ets>harke</ets>, Icel. <ets>herfi</ets> harrow, Dan. <ets>harve</ets>, Sw. <ets>harf</ets>. <ets><?/</ets><?/<?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.</def>

<cs><col>Bush harrow</col>, <cd>a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow.</cd> -- <col>Drill harrow</col>. <cd>See under 6th <er>Drill</er>.</cd> -- <col>Under the harrow</col>, <cd>subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression.</cd></cs>

<h1>Harrow</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"row</hw>, <tt>v. t..</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harrowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harrowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>harowen</ets>, <ets>harwen</ets>; cf. Dan. <ets>harve</ets>. See <er>Harrow</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; <as>as, to <ex>harrow</ex> land</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Will he <b>harrow</b> the valleys after thee? <i>Job xxxix. 10.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.</def>

<blockquote>My aged muscles <b>harrowed</b> up with whips. <i>Rowe.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would <b>harrow</b> up thy soul. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harrow</h1> <Xpage=672>