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1harp upon — index dwell (linger over), reiterate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2harp — {{11}}harp (n.) O.E. hearpe, from P.Gmc. *kharpon (Cf. O.S. harpa instrument of torture; O.N. harpa, Du. harp, O.H.G. harpfa, Ger. Harfe harp ). Late Latin harpa, source of words in some Romanic languages, is a borrowing from Germanic. Meaning… …
3Harp — 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 …
4Harp — A medieval harp (left) and a single action pedal harp (right) String instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 322 5 (Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers) …
5harp — [härp] n. [ME < OE hearpe, akin to Ger harfe < Gmc * harpa < IE base * (s)kerb(h) , to bend, curve (> SHRIMP): from the shape of the instrument] 1. a musical instrument with strings stretched vertically in an open, triangular frame… …
6Harp — 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] …
7harp — harplike, adj. /hahrp/, n. 1. a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers. 2. anything… …
8Harp lute — Georg Henry Harlow: Kitty Stephens, later Countess of Essex (1794 1882), playing a harp lute The harp lute, or dital harp, is one of the many attempts to revive the popularity of the guitar and to increase its compass, invented in 1798 by Edward… …
9harp — n 1. lyre, Kithara, jew s harp, aeolian or wind harp. 2.Slang. harmonica, harmonicon, mouth organ, mouth harp, Chiefly Dial.French harp. v 3. harp on or upon dwell on, persist in, insist on, push, press, Sl. beat [s.o.] over the head; repeat, Inf …
10harp — [[t]hɑrp[/t]] n. 1) mad a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers 2) a harp shaped… …