harp

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

H'ARP, noun 1. An instrument of music of the stringed kind, of a triangular figure, held upright and commonly touched with the fingers. 2. A constellation. H'ARP, verb intransitive To play on the harp I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. Revelation 14:2. 1. 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. 2. To touch as a passion; to affect.
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