3 entries under this word
n. [A-S. hearpe, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa, D. harp, O. H. Ger. harpha, N. H. Ger. harfe, Fr. harpe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. arpa, Lat. harpa, allied to Gr. ἅρπη, sickle.]
Sense 1. A stringed instrument of music, of a triangular figure, held upright, and usually played with the fingers.
Sense 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. HARPED (hărpt); p. pr. & vb. n. HARPING.] [A-S. hearpian, O. Fr. harper, Pr. arpar, It. arpeggiare. See supra.] 1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. Rev. xiv. 2. 2. To dwell tediously or monotonously in speaking or writing; to speak or write repeatedly with slight variations; — usually with on or upon. He seems Proud and disdainful, harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. Shak. Making infinite merriment by harpings upon old themes. W. Irving.
v. t. To play upon, as a harp; to arouse; to sound forth as from a harp.
Thou'st harped my fear aright. Shak.