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invade; to harass with incursions.L*r°in ]3ejigian, Sax.] Obsolete.
ijjnid he that harrow’d hell with heavy stowre,
16 faulty souls from theuce brought to his hea-. venly bowre. Fain] Queen.
h' j. st glorious Lord of life, that on this day1 st make thy triumph over death and sin ;
having harrow'd hell, didst bring away5, thence captive, us to win. Spenser.
'A 0 disturb; to put into commotion.Y should rather be written harry,Fr.]
most like : it harrows me with fear and wonder., Shahesp.
mittaz’d I stood, harrow’d with grief and care.![,, ^lilton.
Row. interj. An exclamation of
iRiden distress. Now out of use.
\y, 9 To!e now out arid weal away, he cried;
'|' fJ lat dismal day hath sent this cursed light,h , s ce niy lord so deadly danniify’d ? Spenser.
) Grower, n. s. [from harrow .]
5 , 6 who harrows.
7 -kind of hawk. Ainsworth.
\ Rry. v. a. [barer, Fr.]
. d teazp • to harp • 1
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teaze; to hare ; to ruffle.
] iou must not take my former slnirpness ill.”*Vt t d >C " t me much
5 , I so harry'd him. Shakesp.
o ' 1 Scotland it signifies to rob, plunder,is ?PP ress: as, one harried a nest; thatJj* \ e took the young away : as also, he; s , rie d me out of house and home; that^ le fobbed me of my goods, and turned? U " °P doors. See To Harrow.
1 adj. [hervischc , Germ. Skinner.]O^tere; roughly sour.iSie'” uture here is not unlike our wine ;
St, sorts, when old, continue brisk and fine :uiit„ 1 giavitv may seem severe,
C u,i "s harsh of bitter ought t’ a>iC> Wtter, sour, harsh and sa
appear. Dcnh.salt, are all thew e have to denominate tliat numberless
re ^ s * ies - Locke.
^ on r Sa,ne defect of heat which gives a fiercenessjf^Ur f lHlures > n»ay contribute to that roughnessjVtJi which bears some analog/ to the
’ fin, c °Her countries. Swift.
4> r h to the ear.
^ ^musical to Volscian ears,
^Ag e a . 111 sound to thine. Shakesp.
Sty® wliat nature never gives the young,
yU 8at‘ U ^ lt ^ le smoothness of thy native tongue;
• ,,l h;l lre | neetis Ilot ^ iat » a,1( ^ shine
t ' V i, 1110 hank cadence of a rugged line. Dryd.
nnecess ary consonants made their spellingV * their pronunciation harsh. Dryden.
vUli l°rd commands thee now
« !L s ervti , v °ice, and supercilious brow,
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tb^ e wa *. morose I peevish.
h? a , w * g e man and an eloquent; but in hisAT? haughty. Bacon .
'»s* llQ Wn tle . ntl y the harsh words of thy enemies,$ °Ur d l * lat ^ le an g er °f au enemy admonishes
tVT^ty.ifh.L kan), JA.
Taylor.
r Wa r , l ^flection let remembrance raise ;
Mention what thou can’st not praise.
Wi Cer Ui n Prior.
5 ln,! ll< il<! inl U, . C , k,1 « SS of apprehension inclined himtiaj,?K°f ^ l0 ^ rs t motions of anger ; but, for1?^ e»r /, * ore he died, no one lieard an intem-? rs ’ 1 w ord proceed from him. Atterbury.
^biik d’ e touch; rough.
U ' Ue fiars/ Sas dyou were feeling needles points,4 s and; and red feels very smooth. Boyle.
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5. Unpleasing; rigorous.
With eloquence innate his tongue was arm’d ;Though harsh the precept, yet the preachercharm’d. Dryden.
Ha'rshly. adv. [from harsh.]
1. Sourly ; austerely to the palate, as un-ripe fruit.
2. With violence; in opposition to gentle-ness, unless in the following passage itrather signifies unripely.
’Till, like ripe fruit, thou dropInto thy mother's lap ; or be with easeGather’d not harshly pluck’d. Milton
3. Severely ; morosely; crabbedly.
1 would rather lie was a man of a rough temper,that would treat me harshly , that) of au effeminatenature. Addison.
1. Unpleasantly to the ear.
JUy wife is in a wayward mood to-day ;Itelfyou, ’twould sound harshly in her ears. Shak.
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,Grating so harshly all his days of quietWill) turbulent and dang’rous lunacy. Shakesp.
The rings of iron that on the doors were hung,Sent out a jarring sound, and harshly Tung.Dryclen.
Ha'rshness. n.s. [from harsh.]
1. Sourness; austere taste.
Take an apple and roll it upon a table hard :the rolling dotli soften and sweeten the fruit, whichis nothing but the smooth distribution of the spiritsinto the parts ; for the unequal distribution ofthe spirits maketh the harshness. Bacon .
2. Roughness to the ear.
Neither can the natural harshness of the French ,or the perpetual ill accent, be ever refined intoperfect harmony like the Italian. Dryden.
Cannot 1 admire the height of Milton’s invention,and the strength of hisexpressions, without defend-ing his antiquated words, and the perpetual harsh-ness of their sound ? . Dryden.
’Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ;
The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope.
3. Ruggedness to the touch.
Ilarshncssnnd ruggedness of bodies is unpleasant
4. Oabbedness; moroseness; peevishness.
Thy tender hefted nature shall not giveThee o’er to harshness: her eyes are fierce, butthine
Do comfort and not burn. Dryacn.
HART. n. s. [Joeopt, Sax.j A he-deer;the male of the roe.
That instant was 1 turn’d into a hart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E’er since pursue me. Shakesp.
The deer
And fearful harts do wander every whereAmidst the dogs. May’s Virgil.
Ha'rtshorn. tj. s.
Hartshorn is a drug that comes into use manyways, and under many forms. What is used hereare the whole horns of the common male deer,which fall off every year. This species is the fallowdeer; but some tell us, that the medicinal hartshornshould be that of the true hart or stag. The salt ofhartshorn is a great sudorifick, and the spirit has allthe virtues of volatile alkalies : it is used to bringpeople out of faintings by its pungency, holding itunder the nose, and pouring down some drops ofit in water. Hill.
Ramose concretions of the volatile salts are ob-servable upon the glass of the receiver, whilst thespirits of vipers ana hartshorn are drawn. Woodw.
IIa'rtshorn. n. s. An herb. Ainsworth.
Hart-royal, n. s. A plant. A speciesof buckthorn plantain.
Ha'rtstongue. n. s. [lingua cervina,Lat ] A plant.
It commonly grows out from the joints of oldwalls and buildings, where they are moist anil sha-dy. There are very few of them in Europe . Miller.
llurtstonyue is propagated by parting the roots,and also by seed. Mortimer.
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Ha'rtvvort. n.s. [tordylium, Lat.] Anumbelliferous plant. Miller.
HARVEST, n. s. [Jjaeppeyc, Sax .]
1, The season of reaping and gatheringthe corn.
As it ebbs, the seedsmanUpon the slime and ooze scatters his grain,
And shortly comes tu harvest. Shakesp.
With harvest work be is worse than in Spring.
L’ Estrange,
2. The corn ripened, gathered and inned.
From Ireland come I with my strength,
And reap the harvest which that rascal sow’d. Shak.
When the father is too fondly kind,
Such seed he sows, such harvest shall he find. Dryd.
:3. The product of labour.
Let us the harvest of our labour eat:
’Tis labour makes the coarsest diet sweet. Dryden.
Ha'rvest-home. n. s.
1. The song which the reapers sing at thefeast made for having inned the harvest.
Your hay it is mow’d, and your corn is reap’d :Your barns will be full, and your hovels heap’d ;
Come, my boys, come,
Come, my boys, come,
And merrily roar out harvest-home. Dryden .
2. The time of gathering harvest.
At harvest-home, and on the shearing-day,
When he should thanks to Pan and Pales pay.Dry.
3. The opportunity of gathering treasure.
His wife I will use as the key of the cuckoldy
rogue’s coffer; and there’s my harvest-home.
Shakesp. Merry Wives of Windsor,
Ha'rvest-lord. n. s. The head reaperat the harvest.
Grant harvest-lord more by a penny or two,
To call on his fellows the better to do. Tusser.
Ha'rvester. n. s. [from harvest.] Onewho works at the harvest.
IIa'rvestman. n. s. [harvest and man.]A labourer in harvest.
Like to a harvest-man that’s task’d to mowOr all, or lose his hire. Shahesp.
To Hash. v. n. [hacher, Fr.] To mince ;to chop into small pieces and mingle.
He rais’d his arm
Above his head, and rain’d a stormOf blows so terrible and thick,
As if be meant to hash her quick. Hudibras .
V\ hat have they to complain of hut too greatvariety, though some of the dishes be not servedin the exactest order, and politeness ; but hashedup in haste ? Garth .
Hask. n. s. This seems to signify a caseor habitation made of rushes or flags.Obsolete.
Phoebus, weary of his yearly task,
Established hath his steeds in lowly lay,
And taken up his inn in fishes hask. Spenser.
FIa'slet. ) 7i. s. [hasla, Islandick, a
Ha'rslet. J bundle ; hasterel, haste-reau, hastier, Fr.] The heart, liver,and lights of a hog, with the windpipe,and part of the throat to it.
Hasp. n. s. [jDsepp, Sax . whence in someprovinces it is yet called hapse.] Aclasp folded over a staple, and fastenedon with a padlock.
Have doors to open and shut at pleasure withhasps to them. Mortimer.
To Hasp. v. n. [from the noun.] To shutwith a hasp.
Ha'ssock. n. s. [haseck, Germ.] Skinner.
1. A thick mat on which men kneel atchurch.
He found Ills parishioners very irregular; andin order to make them kneel, and join in theresponses, lie gave every one of them nhassock amicommon prayer-book. Addison.
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