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   hairbrush
         n 1: a brush used to groom a person's hair

English Dictionary: Herbert Clark Hoover by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbor
n
  1. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
    Synonym(s): seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
  2. a place of refuge and comfort and security
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour
v
  1. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse
  2. secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour
  3. keep in one's possession; of animals
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour
  4. hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, shield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbor patrol
n
  1. patrol of officers who police a harbor area
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbor porpoise
n
  1. the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
    Synonym(s): harbor porpoise, herring hog, Phocoena phocoena
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbor seal
n
  1. small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): harbor seal, common seal, Phoca vitulina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harborage
n
  1. (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) [syn: harborage, harbourage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbour
n
  1. a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
    Synonym(s): seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
  2. a place of refuge and comfort and security
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour
v
  1. secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) [syn: harbor, harbour]
  2. keep in one's possession; of animals
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour
  3. hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, shield
  4. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
    Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harbourage
n
  1. (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) [syn: harborage, harbourage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harebrained
adj
  1. very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains"
    Synonym(s): harebrained, insane, mad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harper
n
  1. someone who plays the harp
    Synonym(s): harpist, harper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harper's Ferry
n
  1. a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
    Synonym(s): Harpers Ferry, Harper's Ferry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harpers Ferry
n
  1. a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
    Synonym(s): Harpers Ferry, Harper's Ferry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harpia harpyja
n
  1. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
    Synonym(s): harpy, harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harry Bridges
n
  1. United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)
    Synonym(s): Bridges, Harry Bridges
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harvard
n
  1. a university in Massachusetts [syn: Harvard University, Harvard]
  2. American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)
    Synonym(s): Harvard, John Harvard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harvard University
n
  1. a university in Massachusetts [syn: Harvard University, Harvard]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harvery Williams Cushing
n
  1. United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
    Synonym(s): Cushing, Harvey Cushing, Harvery Williams Cushing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heir apparent
n
  1. an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor
    Antonym(s): heir presumptive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heir presumptive
n
  1. a person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative
    Antonym(s): heir apparent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herb Paris
n
  1. European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
    Synonym(s): herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herb robert
n
  1. a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers; widespread in the northern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): herb robert, herbs robert, herb roberts, Geranium robertianum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herb roberts
n
  1. a sticky low herb with small reddish-purple flowers; widespread in the northern hemisphere
    Synonym(s): herb robert, herbs robert, herb roberts, Geranium robertianum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herbarium
n
  1. a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbart
n
  1. German philosopher (1776-1841) [syn: Herbart, {Johann Friedrich Herbart}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert
n
  1. United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)
    Synonym(s): Herbert, Victor Herbert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert A. Simon
n
  1. United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)
    Synonym(s): Simon, Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Alexander Simon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Alexander Simon
n
  1. United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)
    Synonym(s): Simon, Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Alexander Simon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Blythe
n
  1. United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)
    Synonym(s): Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Clark Hoover
n
  1. 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
    Synonym(s): Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert George Wells
n
  1. prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
    Synonym(s): Wells, H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Hoover
n
  1. 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
    Synonym(s): Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Kitchener
n
  1. British field marshal (1850-1916) [syn: Kitchener, Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Marcuse
n
  1. United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)
    Synonym(s): Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Marshall McLuhan
n
  1. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980)
    Synonym(s): McLuhan, Marshall McLuhan, Herbert Marshall McLuhan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Marx
n
  1. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979)
    Synonym(s): Marx, Herbert Marx, Zeppo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert McLean Evans
n
  1. United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
    Synonym(s): Evans, Herbert McLean Evans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Herbert Spencer
n
  1. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)
    Synonym(s): Spencer, Herbert Spencer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hereford
n
  1. hardy English breed of dairy cattle raised extensively in United States
    Synonym(s): Hereford, whiteface
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hire-purchase
n
  1. installment plan; "we bought a car on the never-never"
    Synonym(s): hire-purchase, never-never
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoarfrost
n
  1. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
    Synonym(s): frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Hyrax \[d8]Hy"rax\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] shrew mouse.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Any animal of the genus {Hyrax}, of which about four species
      are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best
      known species are the daman ({H. Syriacus}) of Palestine, and
      the klipdas ({H. capensis}) of South Africa. Other species
      are {H. arboreus} and {H. Sylvestris}, the former from
      Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See {Daman}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hair \Hair\, n. [OE. her, heer, h[91]r, AS. h[aemac]r; akin to
      OFries, h[emac]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[amac]r, Dan.
      haar, Sw. h[86]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]
      1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin
            of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the
            head or for any part or the whole of the body.
  
      2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in
            invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is
            free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the
            skin.
  
                     Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair
            for stuffing cushions.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle
            of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates.
            Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in
            structure, composition, and mode of growth.
  
      5. An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of
            several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or
            stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the
            yellow frog lily ({Nuphar}).
  
      6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
  
      7. A haircloth. [Obc.] --Chaucer.
  
      8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
  
      Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
               hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin,
               hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.
  
      {Against the hair}, in a rough and disagreeable manner;
            against the grain. [Obs.] [bd]You go against the hair of
            your professions.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Hair bracket} (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the
            back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
  
      {Hair cells} (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the
            sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.
           
  
      {Hair compass}, {Hair divider}, a compass or divider capable
            of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
  
      {Hair glove}, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.
  
      {Hair lace}, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the
            head. --Swift.
  
      {Hair line}, a line made of hair; a very slender line.
  
      {Hair moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth which destroys goods made of
            hair, esp. {Tinea biselliella}.
  
      {Hair pencil}, a brush or fine hair, for painting; --
            generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a
            camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.
  
      {Hair plate}, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of
            a bloomery fire.
  
      {Hair powder}, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or
            starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of
            the head, or on wigs.
  
      {Hair seal} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of eared
            seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.
  
      {Hair seating}, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
  
      {Hair shirt}, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of
            horsehair, and worn as a penance.
  
      {Hair sieve}, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.
  
      {Hair snake}. See {Gordius}.
  
      {Hair space} (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in
            lines of type.
  
      {Hair stroke}, a delicate stroke in writing.
  
      {Hair trigger}, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a
            firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a
            hair. --Farrow.
  
      {Not worth a hair}, of no value.
  
      {To a hair}, with the nicest distinction.
  
      {To split hairs}, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge,
      Eng.] (Min.)
      A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate
      capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow;
      -- sometimes called {hair pyrites}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See
      {Pyre}.] (Min.)
      A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
      iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
      yellowish color.
  
      Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
               or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
               struck with steel.
  
      {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite.
  
      {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}.
  
      {Capillary pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
  
      {Hair pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}.
  
      {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite.
  
      {Tin pyrites}, stannite.
  
      {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
            marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
            marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
            etc.
  
      {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper
            and iron; chalcopyrite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge,
      Eng.] (Min.)
      A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate
      capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow;
      -- sometimes called {hair pyrites}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See
      {Pyre}.] (Min.)
      A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
      iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
      yellowish color.
  
      Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
               or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
               struck with steel.
  
      {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite.
  
      {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}.
  
      {Capillary pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
  
      {Hair pyrites}, millerite.
  
      {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}.
  
      {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite.
  
      {Tin pyrites}, stannite.
  
      {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
            marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
            marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
            etc.
  
      {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper
            and iron; chalcopyrite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hairbird \Hair"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The chipping sparrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hairbrained \Hair"brained`\, a.
      See {Harebrained}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hare'brained' \Hare"'brained`'\, a.
      Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. [bd]A mad hare-brained
      fellow.[b8] --North (Plutarch). [Written also {hairbrained}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hairbrained \Hair"brained`\, a.
      See {Harebrained}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hare'brained' \Hare"'brained`'\, a.
      Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. [bd]A mad hare-brained
      fellow.[b8] --North (Plutarch). [Written also {hairbrained}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, Hair'sbreadth \Hair's"breadth`\
      The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance;
      sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.
  
               Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not
               miss.                                                      --Judg. xx. 16

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, a.
      Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth
      escape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hair-brown \Hair"-brown`\, a.
      Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is
      composed of equal proportions of red and green.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hairbrush \Hair"brush`\, n.
      A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harberous \Har"ber*ous\, a.
      Harborous. [Obs.]
  
               A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife,
               honestly appareled, harberous.               --Tyndale (1
                                                                              Tim. iii. 2)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harbor \Har"bor\, v. i.
      To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a
      harbor.
  
               For this night let's harbor here in York. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p.
      {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen,
      herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.]
      To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give
      a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp.
      an ill thought).
  
               Any place that harbors men.                     --Shak.
  
               The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person
               suspected.                                             --Bp. Burnet.
  
               Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of
               outrage.                                                --Rowe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harbor \Har"bor\, n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE herbor,
      herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga),
      orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save,
      help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri,
      Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G.
      bergen. See {Harry}, {2d Bury}, and cf. {Harbinger}.]
      1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security
            and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
  
                     [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser.
  
                     For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]
  
      4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water,
            either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a
            place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or
            haven.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials.
  
      {Harbor dues} (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor.
  
      {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal.
  
      {Harbor watch}, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an
            anchor watch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta
      caburn, garceta reef point.]
      1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail
            securely. {Sea gaskets} are common lines; {harbor gaskets}
            are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also
            {casket}.
  
      2. (Mech.)
            (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the
                  steam engine and its pumps.
            (b) Any ring or washer of packing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harbor master \Har"bor mas`ter\
      An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations
      respecting the use of a harbor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
      hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and
      {Fish}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[91]na},
            especially {P. communis}, or {P. phoc[91]na}, of Europe,
            and the closely allied American species ({P. Americana}).
            The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They
            are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter
            snout. Called also {harbor porpoise}, {herring hag},
            {puffing pig}, and {snuffer}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A true dolphin ({Delphinus}); -- often so
            called by sailors.
  
      {Skunk porpoise}, [or] {Bay porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a North
            American porpoise ({Lagenorhynchus acutus}), larger than
            the common species, and with broad stripes of white and
            yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seal \Seal\ (s[emac]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.
      selah, Dan. s[91]l, Sw. sj[84]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families {Phocid[91]}
      and {Otariid[91]}.
  
      Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
               the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are
               numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea
               lion}, {sea leopard}, {sea bear}, or {ursine seal},
               {fur seal}, and {sea elephant}. The bearded seal
               ({Erignathus barbatus}), the hooded seal ({Cystophora
               crustata}), and the ringed seal ({Phoca f[d2]tida}),
               are northern species. See also {Eared seal}, {Harp
               seal}, and {Fur seal}, under {Eared}, {Harp}, {Monk},
               and {Fur}. Seals are much hunted for their skins and
               fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is
               very abundant.
  
      {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina}).
            It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific
            Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled
            seal}, {native seal}, {river seal}, {bay seal}, {land
            seal}, {sea calf}, {sea cat}, {sea dog}, {dotard},
            {ranger}, {selchie}, {tangfish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials.
  
      {Harbor dues} (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor.
  
      {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal.
  
      {Harbor watch}, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an
            anchor watch.

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      5. (Glass Works) A mixing box materials.
  
      {Harbor dues} (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor.
  
      {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal.
  
      {Harbor watch}, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an
            anchor watch.

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   Harborage \Har"bor*age\, n.
      Shelter; entertainment.[R.]
  
               Where can I get me harborage for the night? --Tennyson.

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   Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p.
      {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen,
      herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.]
      To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give
      a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp.
      an ill thought).
  
               Any place that harbors men.                     --Shak.
  
               The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person
               suspected.                                             --Bp. Burnet.
  
               Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of
               outrage.                                                --Rowe.

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   Harborer \Har"bor*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, harbors.
  
               Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion.
                                                                              --Strype.

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   Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p.
      {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen,
      herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.]
      To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give
      a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp.
      an ill thought).
  
               Any place that harbors men.                     --Shak.
  
               The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person
               suspected.                                             --Bp. Burnet.
  
               Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of
               outrage.                                                --Rowe.

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   Harborless \Har"bor*less\, a.
      Without a harbor; shelterless.

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   Harborough \Har"bor*ough\, Harbrough \Har"brough\, [See
      {Harbor}.]
      A shelter. [Obs]. --Spenser.

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   Harborous \Har"bor*ous\, a.
      Hospitable. [Obs.]

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   Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p.
      {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen,
      herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.]
      To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give
      a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp.
      an ill thought).
  
               Any place that harbors men.                     --Shak.
  
               The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person
               suspected.                                             --Bp. Burnet.
  
               Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of
               outrage.                                                --Rowe.

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   Harbor \Har"bor\, n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE herbor,
      herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga),
      orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save,
      help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri,
      Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G.
      bergen. See {Harry}, {2d Bury}, and cf. {Harbinger}.]
      1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security
            and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
  
                     [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser.
  
                     For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]
  
      4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water,
            either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a
            place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or
            haven.

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   Harborough \Har"bor*ough\, Harbrough \Har"brough\, [See
      {Harbor}.]
      A shelter. [Obs]. --Spenser.

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   Hare'brained' \Hare"'brained`'\, a.
      Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. [bd]A mad hare-brained
      fellow.[b8] --North (Plutarch). [Written also {hairbrained}.]

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   Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found
            both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also
            {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}.
      (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West
            Indies.

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   d8Doncella \[d8]Don*cel"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf.
      {Damsel}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies ({Platyglossus
      radiatus}). The name is applied also to the ladyfish ({Harpe
      rufa}) of the same region.

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   Harper \Harp"er\, n. [AS. hearpere.]
      1. A player on the harp; a minstrel.
  
                     The murmuring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand
                     like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their
                     bosoms.                                             --Longfellow.
  
      2. A brass coin bearing the emblem of a harp, -- formerly
            current in Ireland. --B. Jonson.

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   Brown thrush \Brown" thrush"\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A common American singing bird ({Harporhynchus rufus}),
      allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.

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   Harpress \Harp`ress\, n.
      A female harper. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.

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   Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
      pr. of apparere. See {Appear}.]
      1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
            visible to the eye; within sight or view.
  
                     The moon . . . apparent queen.            --Milton.
  
      2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
            obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
  
                     It is apparent foul play.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
            necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
            apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
  
                     To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
                     friendship.                                       --Macaulay.
  
                     What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
                     astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
  
      {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds
            our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
            earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
            horizon.
  
      {Apparent time}. See {Time}.
  
      {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
            if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
            presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}.
  
      Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
               evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.

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   Heir \Heir\, n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L.
      heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Hereditary}, {Heritage}.]
      1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the
            possession of, any property after the death of its owner;
            one on whom the law bestows the title or property of
            another at the death of the latter.
  
                     I am my father's heir and only son.   --Shak.
  
      2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or
            relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
  
                     And I his heir in misery alone.         --Pope.
  
      {Heir apparent}. (Law.) See under {Apparent}.
  
      {Heir at law}, one who, after his ancector's death, has a
            right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law
            Dict.).
  
      {Heir presumptive}, one who, if the ancestor should die
            immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the
            inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer
            relative, or by some other contingency.

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   Heir \Heir\, n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F. hoir, L.
      heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Hereditary}, {Heritage}.]
      1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the
            possession of, any property after the death of its owner;
            one on whom the law bestows the title or property of
            another at the death of the latter.
  
                     I am my father's heir and only son.   --Shak.
  
      2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or
            relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
  
                     And I his heir in misery alone.         --Pope.
  
      {Heir apparent}. (Law.) See under {Apparent}.
  
      {Heir at law}, one who, after his ancector's death, has a
            right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law
            Dict.).
  
      {Heir presumptive}, one who, if the ancestor should die
            immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the
            inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer
            relative, or by some other contingency.

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   Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F.
      herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture,
      fe`rbein to feed.]
      1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
            but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
  
      Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
               the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
               produce new stems year after year.
  
      2. Grass; herbage.
  
                     And flocks Grazing the tender herb.   --Milton.
  
      {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}.
  
      {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}),
            whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
            name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
            fern, the wood betony, etc.
  
      {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
            St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
            Prior.
  
      {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}.
  
      {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}.
  
      {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
            trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed
            poisonous.
  
      {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G.
            Robertianum}.)

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   Herb \Herb\ (?; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F.
      herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture,
      fe`rbein to feed.]
      1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
            but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
  
      Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
               the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
               produce new stems year after year.
  
      2. Grass; herbage.
  
                     And flocks Grazing the tender herb.   --Milton.
  
      {Herb bennet}. (Bot.) See {Bennet}.
  
      {Herb Christopher} (Bot.), an herb ({Act[91]a spicata}),
            whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
            name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
            fern, the wood betony, etc.
  
      {Herb Gerard} (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
            St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
            Prior.
  
      {Herb grace}, [or] {Herb of grace}. (Bot.) See {Rue}.
  
      {Herb Margaret} (Bot.), the daisy. See {Marguerite}.
  
      {Herb Paris} (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
            trillium ({Paris quadrifolia}), commonly reputed
            poisonous.
  
      {Herb Robert} (Bot.), a species of {Geranium} ({G.
            Robertianum}.)

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   Herbar \Herb"ar\, n.
      An herb. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Herbarium \Her*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. {Herbariums}, L.
      {Herbaria}. [LL., fr. L. herba. See {Herb}, and cf. {Arbor},
      {Herbary}.]
      1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically
            arranged. --Gray.
  
      2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.

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   Herbarian \Her*ba"ri*an\, n.
      A herbalist.

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   Herbarist \Herb"a*rist\, n.
      A herbalist. [Obs.]

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   Herbarium \Her*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. {Herbariums}, L.
      {Herbaria}. [LL., fr. L. herba. See {Herb}, and cf. {Arbor},
      {Herbary}.]
      1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically
            arranged. --Gray.
  
      2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.

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   Herbarium \Her*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. E. {Herbariums}, L.
      {Herbaria}. [LL., fr. L. herba. See {Herb}, and cf. {Arbor},
      {Herbary}.]
      1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically
            arranged. --Gray.
  
      2. A book or case for preserving dried plants.

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   Herbarize \Herb"a*rize\, v. t.
      See {Herborize}.

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   Herbary \Herb"a*ry\, n. [See {Herbarium}.]
      A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. --T. Warton.

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   Herber \Herb"er\, n. [OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See
      {Herbarium}.]
      A garden; a pleasure garden. [Obs.] [bd]Into an herber
      green.[b8] --Chaucer.

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   Herbergage \Her"berg*age\, n. [See {Harborage}.]
      Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Herbergeour \Her"ber*geour\, n. [See {Harbinger}.]
      A harbinger. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Herbergh \Her"bergh\, Herberwe \Her"ber*we\, n. [See {Harbor}.]
      A harbor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Herbergh \Her"bergh\, Herberwe \Her"ber*we\, n. [See {Harbor}.]
      A harbor. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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   Herborist \Her"bo*rist\, n. [F. herboriste.]
      A herbalist. --Ray.

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   Herborization \Her`bo*ri*za"tion\, n. [F. herborisation.]
      1. The act of herborizing.
  
      2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

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   Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. t.
      To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to
      minerals. See {Arborized}.
  
               Herborized stones contain fine mosses.   --Fourcroy
                                                                              (Trans.)

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   Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herborized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Herborizing}.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser,
      fr. L. herbarium. See {Hebrarium}.]
      To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view
      to classifying them.
  
               He herborized as he traveled.                  --W. Tooke.

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   Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herborized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Herborizing}.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser,
      fr. L. herbarium. See {Hebrarium}.]
      To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view
      to classifying them.
  
               He herborized as he traveled.                  --W. Tooke.

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   Herborize \Her"bo*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Herborized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Herborizing}.] [F. herboriser, for herbariser,
      fr. L. herbarium. See {Hebrarium}.]
      To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view
      to classifying them.
  
               He herborized as he traveled.                  --W. Tooke.

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   Herborough \Her"bor*ough\, n. [See {Harborough}, and {Harbor}.]
      A harbor. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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   Hereford \Her"e*ford\, n.
      One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire,
      England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their
      beef-producing quality is excellent.

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   Hire purchase \Hire purchase\, or, more fully, Hire purchase
   agreement \Hire purchase agreement\, or Hire and purchase
   agreement \Hire and purchase agreement\ (Law)
      A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option
      of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified
      period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if
      he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the
      installments of rent as they become due the contract shall
      determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if
      he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the
      goods and be quit of any liability for future installments
      upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is
      generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire
      purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the
      hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of
      the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have
      this right the contract is a sale.

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   Hire purchase \Hire purchase\, or, more fully, Hire purchase
   agreement \Hire purchase agreement\, or Hire and purchase
   agreement \Hire and purchase agreement\ (Law)
      A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option
      of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified
      period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if
      he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the
      installments of rent as they become due the contract shall
      determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if
      he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the
      goods and be quit of any liability for future installments
      upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is
      generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire
      purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the
      hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of
      the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have
      this right the contract is a sale.

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   Frost \Frost\, n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr.
      fre[a2]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel.,
      Dan., & Sw. frost. [fb]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.]
      1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
            of water; congelation of fluids.
  
      2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions
            congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
            freezing weather.
  
                     The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Frozen dew; -- called also {hoarfrost} or {white frost}.
  
                     He scattereth the frost like ashes.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              16.
  
      4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
            character. [R.]
  
                     It was of those moments of intense feeling when the
                     frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow
                     wreath.                                             --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {Black frost}, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
            cause it to turn black, without the formation of
            hoarfrost.
  
      {Frost bearer} (Physics), a philosophical instrument
            illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
            cryophous.
  
      {Frost grape} (Bot.), an American grape, with very small,
            acid berries.
  
      {Frost lamp}, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand
            lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
            especially in lighthouses. --Knight.
  
      {Frost nail}, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
            shoe to keen him from slipping.
  
      {Frost smoke}, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
            congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
            cold.
  
                     The brig and the ice round her are covered by a
                     strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of
                     arctic winters.                                 --Kane.
  
      {Frost valve}, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
            hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
            freeze.
  
      {Jack Frost}, a popular personification of frost.

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   Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n.
      The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white
      frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.]
  
               He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              16.

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   Frost \Frost\, n. [OE. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. fr.
      fre[a2]san to freeze; akin to D. varst, G., OHG., Icel.,
      Dan., & Sw. frost. [fb]18. See {Freeze}, v. i.]
      1. The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation
            of water; congelation of fluids.
  
      2. The state or temperature of the air which occasions
            congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or
            freezing weather.
  
                     The third bay comes a frost, a killing frost.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Frozen dew; -- called also {hoarfrost} or {white frost}.
  
                     He scattereth the frost like ashes.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              16.
  
      4. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of
            character. [R.]
  
                     It was of those moments of intense feeling when the
                     frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow
                     wreath.                                             --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {Black frost}, cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and
            cause it to turn black, without the formation of
            hoarfrost.
  
      {Frost bearer} (Physics), a philosophical instrument
            illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a
            cryophous.
  
      {Frost grape} (Bot.), an American grape, with very small,
            acid berries.
  
      {Frost lamp}, a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand
            lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights; -- used
            especially in lighthouses. --Knight.
  
      {Frost nail}, a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse's
            shoe to keen him from slipping.
  
      {Frost smoke}, an appearance resembling smoke, caused by
            congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe
            cold.
  
                     The brig and the ice round her are covered by a
                     strange black obscurity: it is the frost smoke of
                     arctic winters.                                 --Kane.
  
      {Frost valve}, a valve to drain the portion of a pipe,
            hydrant, pump, etc., where water would be liable to
            freeze.
  
      {Jack Frost}, a popular personification of frost.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n.
      The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white
      frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.]
  
               He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              16.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hoarfrost \Hoar"frost`\, n.
      The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white
      frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.]
  
               He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                                              16.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   H. Rivera Colo]n, PR (comunidad, FIPS 35403)
      Location: 18.34966 N, 66.27409 W
      Population (1990): 2024 (584 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor, OR (CDP, FIPS 32100)
      Location: 42.03914 N, 124.25467 W
      Population (1990): 2143 (1292 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97415

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor Beach, MI (city, FIPS 36460)
      Location: 43.84659 N, 82.65489 W
      Population (1990): 2089 (987 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48441

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor Bluffs, FL (CDP, FIPS 28650)
      Location: 27.90910 N, 82.82785 W
      Population (1990): 2659 (1260 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor City, CA
      Zip code(s): 90710

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor Hills, OH (CDP, FIPS 33362)
      Location: 39.93675 N, 82.43524 W
      Population (1990): 1372 (708 housing units)
      Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor Point, MI
      Zip code(s): 49740

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor Springs, MI (city, FIPS 36560)
      Location: 45.43199 N, 84.98964 W
      Population (1990): 1540 (941 housing units)
      Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbor View, OH (village, FIPS 33376)
      Location: 41.69263 N, 83.44460 W
      Population (1990): 122 (53 housing units)
      Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harborcreek, PA
      Zip code(s): 16421

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harborside, ME
      Zip code(s): 04642

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbour Heights, FL (CDP, FIPS 28800)
      Location: 26.99251 N, 82.00789 W
      Population (1990): 2523 (1164 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harbour Pointe, WA (CDP, FIPS 29585)
      Location: 47.88597 N, 122.30398 W
      Population (1990): 9107 (3069 housing units)
      Area: 15.0 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harford, PA
      Zip code(s): 18823

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harford County, MD (county, FIPS 25)
      Location: 39.53735 N, 76.30001 W
      Population (1990): 182132 (66446 housing units)
      Area: 1140.6 sq km (land), 223.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harper, IA (city, FIPS 34545)
      Location: 41.36334 N, 92.05120 W
      Population (1990): 147 (62 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52231
   Harper, KS (city, FIPS 30175)
      Location: 37.28523 N, 98.02628 W
      Population (1990): 1735 (821 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67058
   Harper, OR
      Zip code(s): 97906
   Harper, TX
      Zip code(s): 78631

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harper County, KS (county, FIPS 77)
      Location: 37.19770 N, 98.07800 W
      Population (1990): 7124 (3481 housing units)
      Area: 2075.8 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water)
   Harper County, OK (county, FIPS 59)
      Location: 36.78267 N, 99.65231 W
      Population (1990): 4063 (2077 housing units)
      Area: 2691.2 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harper Woods, MI (city, FIPS 36700)
      Location: 42.43815 N, 82.92839 W
      Population (1990): 14903 (6744 housing units)
      Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48225

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harpers Ferry, IA (city, FIPS 34590)
      Location: 43.20097 N, 91.15125 W
      Population (1990): 284 (527 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52146
   Harpers Ferry, WV (town, FIPS 35284)
      Location: 39.32513 N, 77.74223 W
      Population (1990): 308 (170 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 25425

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harpersfield, NY
      Zip code(s): 13786

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harpersville, AL (town, FIPS 33256)
      Location: 33.34180 N, 86.43269 W
      Population (1990): 772 (317 housing units)
      Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35078

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harpursville, NY
      Zip code(s): 13787

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Harvard, ID
      Zip code(s): 83834
   Harvard, IL (city, FIPS 33331)
      Location: 42.42116 N, 88.61528 W
      Population (1990): 5975 (2243 housing units)
      Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60033
   Harvard, MA
      Zip code(s): 01451
   Harvard, NE (city, FIPS 21345)
      Location: 40.61932 N, 98.09623 W
      Population (1990): 976 (466 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68944

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Haw River, NC (town, FIPS 30260)
      Location: 36.09242 N, 79.36008 W
      Population (1990): 1855 (837 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 27258

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hereford, AZ
      Zip code(s): 85615
   Hereford, MD
      Zip code(s): 21111
   Hereford, OR
      Zip code(s): 97837
   Hereford, PA
      Zip code(s): 18056
   Hereford, SD
      Zip code(s): 57785
   Hereford, TX (city, FIPS 33320)
      Location: 34.82337 N, 102.39840 W
      Population (1990): 14745 (5404 housing units)
      Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 79045

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Harvard Graphics
  
      A presentation graphics product by {Software
      Publishing Corporation} (SPC) for creating presentations,
      speeches, slides, etc..
  
      (1998-07-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Harvard Mark II Machine
  
      A {relay}-based computer designed and
      built by {Howard Aiken}, with support from {IBM}, for the
      United States Navy's Naval Proving Ground, between 1942 -
      1947.   The Harvard Mark II was the second in a series of four
      {electro-mechanical} computers that were forerunners of the
      {ENIAC}.
     
      {Harvard machines
      (http://hoc.co.umist.ac.uk/storylines/compdev/electromechanical/harvardmarkmachines.html)}.
     
      (2003-09-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Hoare powerdomain
  
      {powerdomain}
  
  
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