Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HAR'MO-NIZE, v.t.

1. To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree.
2. To make musical; to combine according to the laws of counterpoint..

HAR'MO-NIZ-ED, pp.

Made to be accordant.

HAR'MO-NIZ-ER, n.

1. One that brings together or reconciles.
2. In music, a practical harmonist.

HAR'MO-NIZ-ING, a.

Being in accordance; bringing to an agreement

HAR'MO-NIZ-ING, ppr.

Causing to agree.

HAR-MO-NOM'E-TER, n. [Gr. άρμονια, and μετρον.]

An instrument or monochord for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds.

HAR'MO-NY, n. [L. harmonia; Gr. άρμονια, a setting together, a closure or seam, agreement, concert, from αρω, to fit or adapt, to square; Sp. armonia; It. id.; Fr. harmonie. If the Greek αρω is a contracted word, for καρω, which is probable, it may be the French carrer, equarrir.]

1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or composition of things, intended to form a connected whole; as, the harmony of the universe. Equality and correspondence are the causes of harmony. Bacon. All discord, harmony not understood. Pope.
2. Just proportion of sound; consonance; musical concord; the accordance of two or more intervals or sounds, or that union of different sounds which pleases the ear; or a succession of such sounds, called chords. Ten thousand harps that tuned Angelic harmonies. Milton.
3. Concord; agreement; accordance in facts; as, the harmony of the Gospels.
4. Concord or agreement in views, sentiments or manners, interests, &c.; good correspondence; peace and friendship. The citizens live in harmony.
5. Natural harmony, in music, consists of the harmonic triad or common chord. Artificial harmony, is a mixture of concords and discords. Figured harmony, is when one or more of the parts move, during the continuance of a chord, through certain notes which do not form any of the constituent parts of that chord. Busby.
6. Perfect harmony implies the use of untempered concords only. Tempered harmony is when the notes are varied by temperament. [See Temperament.] Encyc.
7. A literary work which brings together parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their amement or consistency.
8. The agreement or consistency of different histories of the same events; as, the harmony of the Gospels.

HAR'MOST, n. [Gr. άρμοστηρ from άρμοσσω, to regulate.]

In ancient Greece, a Spartan governor, regulator or prefect. Mitford.

HAR'MO-TOME, n. [Gr. άρμος, a joint, and τεμνω, to cut.]

In mineralogy, cross-stone, or staurolite, called also pyramidical zeolite. [See Cross-stone.]

HAR'NESS, n. [W. harnaes, from harn, that is, closely fitted; Fr. harnois; Arm. harnes; It. arnese; Sp. arnes; Port. arnez; D. harnas; G. harnisch; Sw. harnesk; Dan. harnisk. The primary sense is, to fit, prepare or put on; and in different languages, it signifies not only harness, but furniture and utensils.]

1. Armor; the whole accouterments or equipments of a knight or horseman; originally perhaps defensive armor, but in a more modern and enlarged sense, the furniture of a military man, defensive or offensive, as a casque, cuirass, helmet, girdle, sword, buckler, &c.
2. The furniture of a draught horse, whether for a wagon, coach, gig, chaise, &c.; called in some of the American states, tackle or tackling, with which, in its primary sense, it is synonymous. Dryden.

HAR'NESS, v.t.

1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman. Harnessed to rugged steel. Rowe.
2. To put on the furniture of a horse for draught. Harness the horses. Jer. xlvi.
3. To defend; to equip or furnish for defense. 1 Macc. iv.

HAR'NESS-ED, pp.

Equipped with armor; furnished with the dress for draught; defended.

HAR'NESS-ER, n.

One who puts on the harness of a horse. Sherwood.

HAR'NESS-ING, ppr.

Putting on armor or furniture for draught.

HARNS, n.

Brains. Grose.

HARP, n. [Sax. hearpa; G. harfe; D. harp; Sw. harpa; Dan. harpe; Fr. harpe; It. Sp. and Port. arpa.]

1. An instrument of music of the stringed kind, of a triangular figure, held upright and commonly touched with the fingers. Encyc. Johnson.
2. A constellation. Creech.

HARP, v.i.

1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. Rev. xiv.
2. To dwell on, in speaking or writing; to continue sounding. He seems Proud and disdainful, harping on what I am – / Not what he knew I was. Shak.
3. To touch as a passion; to affect. Shak.

HARP'ER, n.

A player on the harp.

HARP'ING, n.

A continual dwelling on. Making infinite merriment by harpings upon old themes. Irving.

HARP'ING, n. [plur. Harpings.]

In ships, harpings are the fore-parts of the wales, which encompass the bow of the ship, and are fastened to the stem. Their use is to strengthen the ship, in the place where she sustains the greatest shock in plunging into the sea. Encyc. Cat-harpings, are ropes which serve to brace in the shrouds of the lower masts, behind their respective yards. Mar. Dict.

HARP'ING, ppr.

Playing on a harp; dwelling on continually.

HARP'ING-IR-ON, n.

A harpoon – which see.

HARP'IST, n.

A harper. Brown.

HAR-POON', n. [Fr. harpon; Sp. arpon; Port. arpam, arpeo; It. arpione; G. harpune; D. harpoen; from Fr. harper, to grapple; Sp. arpar, to claw; Gr. άρπαζω, from άρπαω, to seize with the claws; probably L. rapio, by transposition of letters. Class Rb.]

A harping-iron; a spear or javelin, used to strike whales for killing them. It consists of a long shank, with a broad flat triangular head, sharpened at both edges for penetrating the whale with facility. It is generally thrown by hand.

HAR-POON', v.t.

To strike, catch or kill with a harpoon. The beluga is usually caught in nets, but is sometimes harpooned. Pennant.