Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HAR'VEST-ER, n.

A reaper; a laborer in gathering grain.

HAR'VEST-FLY, n.

A large four-winged insect of the Cicada kind, common in Italy. Encyc.

HAR'VEST-HOME, n.

1. The time of harvest. Dryden.
2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the gathering of corn, or the feast itself. Dryden.
3. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.

HAR'VEST-ING, n.

Operation of reaping and collecting, as ripe grain.

HAR'VEST-ING, ppr.

Reaping and collecting, as ripe corn and other fruits.

HAR'VEST-LORD, n.

The head-reaper at the harvest. Tusser.

HAR'VEST-MAN, n.

A laborer in harvest.

HAR'VEST-MOON, n.

The moon near its opposition to the sun, when, by means of the small angle of the ecliptic with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days.

HAR'VEST-QUEEN, n.

An image representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest.

HASH, n.

Minced meat, or a dish of meat and vegetables chopped into small pieces and mixed.

HASH, v.t. [Fr. hacher; Arm. haicha; Eng. to hack. See Hack.]

To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat. Garth.

HASK, n.

A case made of rushes or flags. [Not used.] Spenser.

HAS'LET, n. [See HARSLET.]

HASP, n. [Sax. hæps; G. haspe, a hinge; Dan. hasp; Sw. haspe. We probably have the word from the Danes.]

1. A clasp that passes over a staple to be fastened by a padlock. Mortimer.
2. A spindle to wind thread or silk on. [Local.]

HASP, v.t.

To shut or fasten with a hasp. Garth.

HAS'SOC, n. [W. hesor. Qu. from hêsg, sedge, rushes. It signifies in Scottish, a besom, any thing bushy, and a turf of peat moss used as a seat. The sense is therefore the same as that of mat, a collection or mass.]

A thick mat or bass on which persons kneel in church. Addison. And knees and hassocs are well nigh divorced, Cowper.

HAST, v. [the second person singular of have, I have, thou hast, contracted from havest. It is used only in the solemn style.]

HAS'TATE, or HAS'TA-TED, a. [L. hastatus, from hasta, a spear.]

In botany, spear-shaped; resembling the head of a halberd; triangular, hollowed at the base and on the sides, with the angles spreading; as, a hastate leaf. Martyn. Lee.

HASTE, n. [G. Sw. and Dan. hast; D. haast; Fr. hâte, for haste; Arm. hast; from hurrying, pressing, driving. See Heat.]

1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals; never to other bodies. We never say, a ball flies with haste. The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi.
2. Sudden excitement of passion; quickness; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste, all men are liars. Ps. cxvi.
3. The state of being urged or pressed by business; as, I am in great haste.

HASTE, or HAS'TEN, v.i.

To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to be speedy or quick. They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlvii.

HASTE, or HAS'TEN, v.t. [hāst, hāsn; G. hasten; D. haasten; Sw. hasta; Dan. haster; Fr. hâter.]

To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate movement. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv.

HAST'ED, or HAST'EN-ED, pp.

Moved rapidly; accelerated; urged with speed.

HAST'EN-ER, n.

One that hastens or urges forward.

HAST'I-LY, adv. [See Hasty.]

1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly. Half clothed, half naked, hastily retire. Dryden.
2. Rashly; precipitately; without due reflection. We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.
3. Passionately; under sudden excitement of passion.

HAST'I-NESS, n.

1. Haste; speed; quickness or celerity in motion or action, as of animals.
2. Rashness; heedless eagerness; precipitation. Our hastiness to engage in the war caused deep regret.
3. Irritability; susceptibility of anger, warmth or temper.