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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hāp, n. p. 606That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; lot. “Whether art it was or heedless hap.”…Hāp, n. p. 606A cloak or plaid. [Scot.]Hăp, v. i. p. 606To happen; to befall; to come by chance. “Sends word of all that haps in Tyre.” Shak.Hăp, v. t. p. 606To clothe. [Prov. Eng.] Sir T. More.Hăp'-hăz'ard, n. p. 606Extra hazard; chance; accident. We take our principles at hap-hazard, on trust. Locke.Hāp'less, a. p. 606Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden.Hăp'less-ly, adv. p. 606In a hapless manner.Hāp'ly, adv. p. 606By hap, chance, or accident; perhaps; it may be. Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Acts v. 39.Häpped, a. p. 606Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.] All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.Hăp'pen, v. i. p. 606To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out. There shall no evil happen to the just. Prov. xii. 21. 2. To take place; to occur. They talked together of all these things which…Hāp'pi-ly, adv. p. 606By good fortune; fortunately; luckily; with success. “Preferred by conquest, happily o’er-thrown.” Waller. 2. In a happy manner, state, or circumstances; as, he lived happily with his consort. 3.…Hāp'pi-ness, n. p. 606An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being happy…Hāp'py, a. p. 606Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; as, a happy thought; a happy expedient. Chemists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them. Doyle. 2.…Hāque'but, n. p. 606An arquebuse, or hand-gun. Brande.Har, n. p. 606A syllable used in composition usually as a prefix, and signifying army; — occurring in various forms, as hare, her, and here.Ha-răngue', n. p. 606A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address to a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation; ranting. Gray-haired men, and grave, with…Ha-răngue', v. i. p. 606To make an address or speech to a large assembly.Ha-răngue', v. t. p. 606To address by an harangue.Ha-răngue'ful, a. p. 606Full of harangue.Ha-răng'uer, n. p. 606One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing.Hār'ass, v. t. p. 606To fatigue to excess; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; to weary. 2. To weary with importunity, care, or perplexity; to tease; to perplex. “Nature oppressed and harassed out with care.”…Här'ass, n. p. 607Waste; disturbance; distress; devastation. [Obs.] Milton.Hăr'ass-er, n. p. 607One who harasses.Hăr'ass-ment, n. p. 607The act of harassing. [Rare.]Här'ber-ous, a. p. 607Harborous; hospitable; liberal in entertaining. [Obs.] A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly appareled, harborous. 1 Tim. iii. 2, Tyndale's Trans.Hăr'bin-ger, n. p. 607One who provides lodging; especially, an officer of the English royal household who precedes the court when traveling, to provide lodgings and other accommodations. He was the best harbinger that…Hăr'bin-gered, a. p. 607Preceded by a harbinger.Här'bor, n. p. 607A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a lodging; an asylum; a refuge; a shelter. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden. 2. A refuge for ships; a port or…Hăr'bor, v. t. p. 607To entertain as a guest; to shelter; to protect. “Any place that harbors men.” Shak. 2. To protect, as a ship from storms.Hăr'bor, v. i. p. 607To lodge or abide for a time; to receive entertainment; to take shelter. For this night let's harbor here in York. Shak.Här'bor-ağe, n. p. 607Shelter; entertainment. [R.] Where can I get me harborage for the night? Tennyson.Hăr'bor-er, n. p. 607One who harbors.Hăr'bor-less, a. p. 607Without a harbor.Här'bor-mäs'ter, n. p. 607An officer who executes the regulations respecting harbors.Här'bör-ōugh, n. p. 607A harbor; a lodging. [Obs.] Spenser.Hăr'bor-oŭs, a. p. 607Hospitable. [Obs.] Bale.Här'brōugh, n. p. 607Harborough, or harbor. [Obs.] Spenser.Härd, a. p. 607Not easily penetrated, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; — applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2.…Hārd, adv. p. 607With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. “And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince.” Dryden. My father is hard at study. Shak. 2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard. 3.…Härd, n. p. 607A kind of pier or landing-place for boats on a river. Marryatt. 2. (pl.) The refuse, or coarse part, of flax; tow.Härd'-bāke, n. p. 607A sweetmeat of baked sugar or treacle spread out thin. [Eng.] Thackeray.Härd'bēam, n. p. 607(Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus, so called from its compact, horny texture; hornbeam.Härd'en, v. t. p. 607To make hard or more hard; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden iron or steel; to harden clay. 2. To make hard and strong; to make firm; to strengthen; to accustom by labor or…Härd'en, v. i. p. 607To become hard, or more hard; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying. 2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or bad sense. They hardened more by what…Härd'ened, p. a. p. 607Made hard, or more hard, or compact; made unfeeling; made obstinate; confirmed in error or vice. Syn. — Obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible; insensible; impenetrable; hard. See OBDURATE.Härd'en-er, n. p. 607One who hardens.Härd'-fä'vored, a. p. 607Having coarse features; harsh of countenance. Dryden.Härd'-fä'vored-ness, n. p. 607Coarseness of features.Härd'-featured, a. p. 607Having coarse features; hard-favored. Smollett.Härd'-fist'ed, a. p. 607Having hard or strong hands, as a laborer. 2. Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly. Bp. Hall.Härd'-fought, a. p. 607Vigorously contested; as, a hard-fought battle.Härd'-gräss, n. p. 607(Bot.) A kind of grass of several species of the genera Sclerochloa, Ophiurus, or Kottböllia, and Ægilops. [Eng.]Härd'/häck, n. p. 607(Bot.) A very astringent plant (Spiræa tomentosa), common in pastures.Härd'-händ/ed, a. p. 607Having hard hands, as a laborer. Shak.Härd'hĕad, n. p. 607Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.Härd'-heärt'ed, a. p. 607Cruel; pitiless; merciless; unfeeling; inexorable.Härd'i-head, n. p. 607Hardihood. [Obs.] Spenser.Härd'i-hōōd, n. p. 607Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; dauntless bravery; intrepidity; audaciousness; impudence. It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity. Buckminster.…Härd'i-ly, adv. p. 607In a hardy manner; boldly; stoutly; sternly.Hārd'i-ment, n. p. 607Hardihood; courage; bold or energetic action; contest; struggle. “Changing hardiment with great Glendower.” Shak.