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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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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.Härd'i-ness, n. p. 607The quality or state of being hardy; capability of endurance. Hardness ever Of hardiness is mother. Shak. 2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. 3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] Spenser.Härd'ish, a. p. 607Somewhat hard.Härd'i-shrew, n. p. 607A field-mouse. [Obs.] Holland.Härd'-lä/bored, a. p. 607Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied; as, a hard-labored poem. Swift.Här'dle, n. p. 607See HURDLE. [Obs.] Holland.Härd'ly, adv. p. 607In a hard or difficult manner. “Recovering hardly what he lost before.” Dryden. The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent. Milton. 2. Scarcely; barely; not quite or wholly. Hardly shall you…Härd'-mouthed, a. p. 607Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.Härd'ness, n. p. 607The quality or state of being hard, in any sense of the word; solidity; difficulty of comprehension, accomplishment, control, or endurance; harshness; obduracy; also, want of minute attention to the…Hār'dock, n. p. 607Dock with whitish-leaves; hoar-dock. Shak.Härd'-rŭn, a. p. 607Greatly pressed; as, he was hard-run for time, money, &c.Härd'ship, n. p. 607That which is hard to bear, as toil, injury, and the like. Swift.Hărd'-tăck, n. p. 607(Naut.) Sea-bread. Kane.Hārd'-vis'aged, a. p. 607Having coarse features; of a harsh countenance. Burke.Härd'wäre, n. p. 607Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen furniture, and the like.Härd'y, a. p. 607Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid; as, there are few who are hardy enough to encounter contempt. 2. Confident; full of assurance; impudent; stubborn to excess. Johnson. 3. Strong; firm…Härd'y or Hare, n. p. 607An ironsmith's tool. Hare, in composition, signifies army. See HAR.Hāre, n. p. 607(Zoöl.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity. A brace of…Hâre, v. t. p. 607To excite, tease, and harass, or worry; to harry. [Obs.] Locke.Hāre'bĕll, n. p. 607(Bot.) A plant (the Campanula rotundifolia, blue-bell, or milk-wort), having blue, bell-shaped flowers, and an edible root. Its juice is used to make a blue ink.Hâre'-brāined, a. p. 607Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. Bacon.Hāre'foōt, n. p. 607A certain bird. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Ochromalagogus.Hāre'-heārt'ed, a. p. 607Timorous; easily frightened. Ainsworth.Hâre'-hound, n. p. 607A hound for hunting hares. Chalmers.Hāre'-kăn'/ga-rōō', n. p. 607(Zoöl.) A small kangaroo of Australia (the Macropus (Lagorchistes) lepo-roides), resembling the hare, though of smaller size. Waterhouse.Hāre'lip, n. p. 607A lip, more commonly the upper one, having a fissure or perpendicular division like that of a hare.Hāre'lipped, a. p. 607Having a harelip.Hā'rem, n. p. 608The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females in the larger dwelling-houses of the East. 2. The collection of wives and concubines belonging to one man.