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Pronunciation : Harp
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G.harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
Definition : 1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.

3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] ?olian harp. See under ?olian. Harp seal (Zo?l.), an arctic seal (Phoca Groenlandica). The adult males have a light-colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides. -- Harp shell (Zo?l.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Harp
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.]
Definition : 1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. Rev. xiv. 2.

2. 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 on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. Shak. To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.]

i. [imp. & p. p. Harped p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Harp
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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. Thou 'harped my fear aright. Shak.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913