harp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: harp	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for harp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harp n 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 a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade 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 Synonym(s): harmonica, mouth organ, harp, mouth harp v come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" Synonym(s): harp, dwell play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Thou 'harped my fear aright. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harp \Harp\, 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. 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. 3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] {[92]olian harp}. See under {[92]olian}. {Harp seal} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic seal ({Phoca Gr[d2]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harped}p. pr. & vb. n. {Harping}.] [AS. hearpian. See {Harp}, n.] 1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. --Rev. xiv. 2. 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. [bd]Harpings upon old themes.[b8] --W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. --Shak. {To harp on one string}, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Harp (Heb. kinnor), the national instrument of the Hebrews. It was invented by Jubal (Gen. 4:21). Some think the word _kinnor_ denotes the whole class of stringed instruments. It was used as an accompaniment to songs of cheerfulness as well as of praise to God (Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 16:23; 2 Chr. 20:28; Ps. 33:2; 137:2). In Solomon's time harps were made of almug-trees (1 Kings 10:11, 12). In 1 Chr. 15:21 mention is made of "harps on the Sheminith;" Revised Version, "harps set to the Sheminith;" better perhaps "harps of eight strings." The soothing effect of the music of the harp is referred to 1 Sam. 16:16, 23; 18:10; 19:9. The church in heaven is represented as celebrating the triumphs of the Redeemer "harping with their harps" (Rev. 14:2).