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<hw>Har"row</hw>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>harau</ets>, <ets>haro</ets>; fr. OHG. <ets>hara</ets>, <ets>hera</ets>, <ets>herot</ets>, or fr. OS. <ets>herod</ets> hither, akin to E. <ets>here</ets>.]</ety> <def>Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.</def> "<i>Harrow</i> and well away!"

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote><b>Harrow</b>! alas! here lies my fellow slain. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Har"row</hw>, <tt>v. t..</tt> <ety>[See <er>Harry</er>.]</ety> <def>To pillage; to harry; to oppress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>Meaning thereby to <b>harrow</b> his people. <i>Bacon</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harrower</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"row*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who harrows.</def>

<h1>Harrower</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"row*er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who harries.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Harry</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t..</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harried</er><tt>( ?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harrying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>harwen</ets>, <ets>herien</ets>, <ets>her<?/ien</ets>, AS. <ets>hergisn</ets> to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. <ets>here</ets> army; akin to G. <ets>here</ets> army; akin to G. <ets>heer</ets>, <ets>Icel</ets>. <ets>herr</ets>, Goth. <ets>harjis</ets>, and Lith. <ets>karas</ets> war. Gf. <er>Harbor</er>, <er>Herald</er>, <er>Heriot</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To strip; to lay waste; <as>as, the Northmen came several times and <ex>harried</ex> the land</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>harry this beautiful region</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A red squirrel had <b>harried</b> the nest of a wood thrush. <i>J. Burroughs.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.</syn>

<h1>Harry</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"ry</hw>, <tt>v. i..</tt> <def>To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Harsh</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harsh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Harsher</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Harshest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>harsk</ets>; akin to G. <ets>harsch</ets>, Dan. <ets>harsk</ets> rancid, Sw. <ets>h\'84rsk</ets>; from the same source as E. <ets>hard</ets>. See <er>Hard</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.:(a) To the touch."<i>Harsh</i> sand." <i>Boyle</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> To the taste. "Berries <i>harsh</i> and crude." <i>Milton</i>. (c) To the ear. "<i>Harsh</i> din." <i>Milton</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.</def>

<blockquote>Clarence is so <b>harsh</b>, so blunt. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Though <b>harsh</b> the precept, yet the charmed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Painting, Drawing, etc.)</fld> <def>Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony.</def>