Harlequin (3)
Har″le‐quin, v. t. To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.And kitten, if the humor hitHas harlequined away the fit. M. Green.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Harlequinade
Har″le‐quin‐ade′ (–ād′), n. [F. arlequinade.] A play or part of a play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. Macaulay.
Harlock
Har″lock (här″lŏk), n. Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. Drayton.
Harlot
Har″lot (–lŏt), n. [OE. harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF. harlot, herlot, arlot; cf. Pr. arlot, Sp. arlote, It. arlotto; of uncertain origin.] 1. A churl; a common man; a person, ...
Harlot (2)
Har″lot, a. Wanton; lewd; low; base. Shak.
Harlot (3)
Har″lot, v. i. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness. Milton.
Harlotize
Har″lot‐ize (–īz), v. i. To harlot. Warner.
Harlotry
Har″lot‐ry (–ry̆), n. 1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. Piers Plowman.Chaucer.2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden.3. Anything...
Harm
Harm (härm), n. [OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm, G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav. & Russ. sram' shame, Skr. çrama toil, fatigue.] 1. In...
Harm (2)
Harm, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Harmed (härmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Harming.] [OE. harmen, AS. hearmian. See Harm, n.] To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong.Though yet he never harmed me....
Harmaline
Har″ma‐line (här″mȧ‐lĭn or –lēn), n. [Cf. F. harmaline See Harmel.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts.
Harmattan
Har‐mat″tan (här‐măt″tan), n. [F. harmattan, prob. of Arabic origin.] A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing fr...
Harmel
Har″mel (här″mĕl), n. [Ar. harmal.] (Bot.) A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation.
Harmful
Harm″ful (härm″fụl), a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. “ Most harmful hazards.” Strype.—Harm″ful‐ly, adv. — Harm″ful‐ness, n.
Harmine
Har″mine (här″mĭn or –mēn), n. [See Harmaline.] (Chem.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline...
Harmless
Harm″less (härm″lĕs), a. 1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. “ The harmless de...
Harmonic
Har‐mon″ic (här‐mŏn″ĭk), Har‐mon″ic‐al (–ĭ‐kal), a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. αρμονικὅσ; cf. F. harmonique. See Harmony.] 1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.Harmon...
Harmonic (2)
Har‐mon″ic (här‐mŏn″ĭk), n.(Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics.
Harmonica
Har‐mon″i‐ca (–ĭ‐kȧ), n. [Fem. fr. L. harmonicus harmonic. See Harmonic, n.] 1. A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edge...
Harmonically
Har‐mon″ic‐al‐ly (–ĭ‐kal‐ly̆), adv. 1. In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.2. In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct.3. (Math....
Harmonicon
Har‐mon″i‐con (–ĭ‐kŏn), n. A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds.
Harmonics
Har‐mon″ics (–ĭks), n. 1. The doctrine or science of musical sounds.2. pl.(Mus.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as...
Harmonious
Har‐mo″ni‐ous (här‐mō″nĭ‐ŭs), a. [Cf. F. harmonieux. See Harmony.] 1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.God hath made the intellectual ...
Harmoniphon
Har‐mon″i‐phon (här‐mŏn″ĭ‐fŏn), n. [Gr. αρμονἵα harmony + φωνή sound.] (Mus.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was prod...
Harmonist
Har″mo‐nist (här″mō̍‐nĭst), n. [Cf. F. harmoniste.] 1. One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.2. (Mus....
Harmonist (2)
{ Har″mo‐nist, Har″mo‐nite (–nīt), } n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had...
Harmonium
Har‐mo″ni‐um (här‐mō″nĭ‐ŭm), n. [NL. See Harmony.] A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by fo...