3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
Æolian
harp.
See under Æolian.
Harp seal (Zoöl.),
an arctic seal The adult males have a light- colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of
black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature
ones are called bluesides. — Harp shell (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa,
of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.
Harp
(Harp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped (härpt) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp,
n.]
1. To play on the harp.
I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps.
Rev. xiv. 2. 2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something
repeatedly or continually; — usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving.
Harping on what I am,
Not what he knew I was.
Shak. To harp on one string,
to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.]
Harp
(Harp), v. t. To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by
skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
Thou 'st harped my fear aright.
Shak. Harpa
(||Har"pa) n. [L., harp.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; — so called
from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.
Harpagon
(Har"pa*gon) n. [L. harpago, Gr. "arpa`gh hook, rake.] A grappling iron. [Obs.]
Harper
(Harp"er) n. [AS. hearpere.]
1. A player on the harp; a minstrel.
The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . .
Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Longfellow. 2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, — formerly current in Ireland. B. Jonson.
Harping
(Harp"ing) a. Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. Milton.
Harping iron
(Harp"ing i`ron) [F. harper to grasp strongly. See Harpoon.] A harpoon. Evelyn.