Part 5138

<h1>Harshly</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harsh"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely.</def>

<blockquote>'T will sound <b>harshly</b> in her ears. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Harshness</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harsh"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being harsh.</def>

<blockquote>O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of <b>harshness</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>'Tis not enough no <b>harshness</b> gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Acrimony; roughness; sternness; asperity; tartness. See <er>Acrimony</er>.</syn>

<h1>Harslet</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Hars"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Haslet</er>.</def>

<h1>Hart</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Hart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>hart</ets>, <ets>hert</ets>, <ets>heort</ets>, AS. <ets>heort</ets>, <ets>heorot</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hert</ets>, OHG. <ets>hiruz</ets>, <ets>hirz</ets>, <ets>G</ets>. <ets>hirsch</ets>, Icel. <ets>hj\'94rtr</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>hjort</ets>, L. <ets>cervus</ets>, and prob. to Gr.<?/ horned, <?/ horn. <?/<?/<?/<?/. See <er>Horn</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under <er>Buck</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Goodliest of all the forest, <b>hart</b> and hind. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hartbeest</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Hart"beest`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>hertebeest</ets>. See <er>Hart</er>, and <er>Beast</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South African antelope (<spn>Alcelaphus caama</spn>), formerly much more abundant than it is now. The face and legs are marked with black, the rump with white.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hartebeest</asp>, and <asp>hartebest</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Harten</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Hart"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To hearten; to encourage; to incite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Hartford</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Hart"ford</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at <i>Hartford</i>, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.</def>

<h1>Harts clover</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Hart"s` clo`ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Melilot or sweet clover. See <er>Melilot</er>.</def>

<h1>Hart's-ear</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Hart's`-ear`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An Asiatic species of <spn>Cacalia</spn> (<spn>C. Kleinia</spn>), used medicinally in India.</def>

<h1>Hartshorn</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Harts"horn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The horn or antler of the hart, or male red deer.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Spirits of hartshorn (see below); volatile salts.</def>

<cs><col>Hartshorn plantain</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an annual species of plantain (<spn>Plantago Coronopus</spn>); -- called also <altname>duck's-horn</altname>. <i>Booth</i>.</cd> -- <col>Hartshorn shavings</col>, <cd>originally taken from the horns of harts, are now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. <i>Hebert</i>.</cd> -- <col>Salt of hartshorn</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts.</cd> <i>Brande & C.</i>-- <col>Spirits of hartshorn</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a solution of ammonia in water; -- so called because formerly obtained from hartshorn shavings by destructive distillation. Similar ammoniacal solutions from other sources have received the same name.</cd></cs>