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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Hāre'mint, n.p. 608A certain herb or plant. Ainsworth.
  2. Ha-rĕn'gi-fōrm, a.p. 608Shaped like a herring.
  3. Hāre'-pīpe, n.p. 608A snare to catch hares. Stat. Jas. I.
  4. Hāre'-ear, n.p. 608(Bot.) A plant of the genus Bupleurum.
  5. Bastard hare's-earp. 608a plant of the genus Phyllis.
  6. Hâre's'-lĕt/tuce, n.p. 608(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; — so called from its being a favorite food of hares.
  7. Hâre’s’-tāil, n.p. 608(Bot.) A plant; the Eriophorum vaginatum; a kind of cotton grass.
  8. Hāre’s’-tāil-grāss, n.p. 608(Bot.) A species of grass (Lagurus ovatus); — so called from the resemblance of its head to a hare’s tail.
  9. Hār'fang, n.p. 608(Ornith.) An owl (the Strix (Surnia) nyctea), or snowy owl, found in the arctic regions. It pursues hares, grouse, &c.
  10. Hār'que-bush, n.p. 608A harquebus. [Obs.] Marston.
  11. Hār'i-cot, n.p. 608A kind of ragout of meat and vegetables. 2. The kidney-bean.
  12. Hăr'i-er, n.p. 608A harrier. See HARRIER.
  13. Hār'i-o-lā'tion, n.p. 608Prognostication; soothsaying. [Obs.] Cockeram.
  14. Hār'ish, a.p. 608Like a hare. [Obs.] Huloet.
  15. Hārk, v. i.p. 608To listen; to hearken. [Obs., except in the imperative, Hark! listen.] Hudibras.
  16. Hārl, n.p. 608A filamentous substance; especially, the filaments of flax or hemp.
  17. Hār'le-quin, n.p. 608A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; a zany. “As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our…
  18. Hār'le-quīn, v. i.p. 608To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
  19. Hăr'le-quīn, v. t.p. 608To remove, as by a harlequin's trick. And kitten, if the humor hit, Has harlequined away the fit. Green.
  20. Hār'le-quin-āde', n.p. 608Exhibitions of harlequins.
  21. Hăr'le-quin-dŭck, n.p. 608(Ornith.) A species of duck (Clangula histrionica), found in Hudson's Bay, of an ash color, the male being fantastically streaked with gray.
  22. Hār'le-quin-snāk(e, n.p. 608(Zoöl.) A poisonous snake (the Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern States.
  23. Hăr'lock, n.p. 608A certain plant. Drayton.
  24. Här'lot, n.p. 608A churl; a husbandman; a servant; a rogue; a cheat. [Obs.] 2. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet.
  25. Här'lot, a.p. 608Wanton; lewd; low; base. Shak.
  26. Här'lot, v. i.p. 608To practice lewdness. [Obs.] Milton.
  27. Här'lot-īze, v. i.p. 608To play the harlot; to harlot. [Obs.] Warner.
  28. Hār'lot-ry, n.p. 608The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness; prostitution. Dryden.
  29. Hārm, n.p. 608Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune. Syn. — Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See MISCHIEF.
  30. Hārm, v. t.p. 608To hurt; to injure; to damage. Though yet he never harmed me. Shak.
  31. Hār'ma-līne, n.p. 608(Chem.) An alkaloid found in the South Russian plant Peganum harmala, and used for dyeing silk pink or red. Miller.
  32. Har-măt'tan, n.p. 608A dry, and generally very hot, wind, from the interior of Africa, which blows in December, January, and February toward the Atlantic Ocean, and is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the…
  33. Här'mel, n.p. 608The wild African rue.
  34. Härm'ful, a.p. 608Full of harm; injurious.
  35. Härm'fŭl-ly, adv.p. 608In a harmful manner.
  36. Härm'ful-ness, n.p. 608Hurtfulness; noxiousness.
  37. Här'mine, n.p. 608(Chem.) The same as HARMALINE.
  38. Hārm'less, a.p. 608Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless. 2. Free from power or disposition to harm; not injurious; innocent. “The harmless deer.” Drayton. Syn.—Innocent; innoxious…
  39. Hārm'less-ly, adv.p. 608In a harmless manner; without being injured; without injuring.
  40. Härm'less-ness, n.p. 608The quality or state of being harmless.
  41. Har-mŏn'ic or Har-mŏn'ic-al, a.p. 608Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. “Harmonic twang of leather, horn, and brass.” Pope. 2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony or music; harmonious; especially relating to the accessory…
  42. Har-mŏn'ic, n.p. 608(Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other. See HARMONICS.
  43. Har-mōn'i-ca, n.p. 608A musical instrument invented by Dr. Franklin, in which the tones are produced by friction against the edges of a series of hemispherical glasses. Hebert. 2. A small, flat, wind instrument of music…
  44. Har-mŏn'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 608In an harmonical manner. 2. In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct.
  45. Har-mōn'ies, n. sing. & pl.p. 608(sing.) The doctrine or science of musical sounds. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] 2. (pl.) (Mus.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the…
  46. Har-mō'ni-oŭs, a.p. 608Adapted to each other; having the parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical. God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us. Locke. 2. Acting together to a common end…
  47. Har-mō'ni-oūs-ly, adv.p. 608In an harmonious manner or relation. Distances, notions, and quantities of matter harmoniously adjusted in this great variety of our system. Bentley.
  48. Har-mō'ni-ous-ness, n.p. 608The quality or state of being harmonious; symmetry; concord; musicalness.
  49. Har-mŏn'i-phŏn, n.p. 608(Mus.) A musical instrument whose sound is produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates. The air which acts on these vibrating substances is blown by the mouth through an elastic tube. It is…
  50. Här'mo-nīst, n.p. 608One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists. 2. (Mus.) One who understands the principles of harmony, or who is skillful in…
  51. Här'mon-ist or Här'mon-ite, n.p. 608(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect founded in Wurtemburg in 1780, but now established in Pennsylvania. Brande.
  52. Har-mō'ni-ŭm, n.p. 608A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by the vibration of metallic reeds, and which is played upon by means of keys similar to those of the pianoforte. This instrument is now made with…
  53. Hăr'mo-ni-zā'tion, n.p. 608The act of harmonizing.
  54. Här'mo-nīze, v. i.p. 608To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the arguments harmonize. 2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals or families. 3. To agree in vocal or…
  55. Här'mo-nīze, v. t.p. 608To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of. 2. (Mus.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, a melody.
  56. Här'mo-nīz'er, n.p. 608One who harmonizes; a harmonist.
  57. Hăr'mo-nōm'e-ter, n.p. 608An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.
  58. Här'mo-ny, n.p. 608The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; as, the harmony of the universe. 2. Concord or agreement in facts…
  59. Här'most, n.p. 608(Gr. Antiq.) A city governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.
  60. Hăr'mo-tōme, n.p. 608(Min.) A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone. ☞ A related mineral, called lime-harmotome, and Phillipsite, contains lime in place of…