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English → English (WordNet) Definition: harp harp n 1: a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers 2: a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade 3: a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole [syn: harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp ] harp v 1: come back to; “Don't dwell on the past”; “She is always harping on the same old things” [syn: dwell] 2: play the harp; “She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Harp Harp \Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.] 1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. [1913 Webster] 3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] [AE]olian harp. See under [AE]olian. [1913 Webster] Harp seal (Zo["o]l.), an arctic seal (Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica ). 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; their fur is white, and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur. Harp shell (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa. [1913 Webster] Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped (h[aum]rpt) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.] 1. To play on the harp. [1913 Webster] I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. --Rev. xiv. 2. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. --Shak. [1913 Webster] To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Thou 'st harped my fear aright. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


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