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harping-iron
† harping-iron Obs. (ˈhɑːpɪŋˈaɪən) [Related to F. harper to grapple, grasp, clasp, etc. (Cotgr.), also harpin a boat-hook.] A barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon. (In quot. 1734, a grappling-iron.)1596 Nashe Saffron Walden 37, I haue prouided harping yrons to c... Oxford English Dictionary
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harpooneer
harpooneer Now rare. (hɑːpuːˈnɪə(r)) Also 7 harpoonier, 7–8 harponier, 7–9 harpin-, 8 harponeer. [f. harpoon n. + -eer1, -ier. (The form and date suggest a. Fr. *harponnier.)] = next.1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 742 A Shallop, in which the Harponier stands ready, with both his hands to dart his Ha... Oxford English Dictionary
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Catharpin
Catharpin is a nautical term, which is often pronounced cat-harping. It describes one of the short ropes or iron clamps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so as to give a freer sweep to the yards. wikipedia.org
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harpoon
▪ I. harpoon, n. (hɑːˈpuːn) Also 7–8 harpon. [ad. F. harpon ‘a crampiron wherewith Masons fasten stones together’ (Cotgr., 1611) = Sp. arpon, Pg. arpão, deriv. of F. harpe dog's claw, cramp, cramp-iron, clamp (1485 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. harpē (harpa) = Gr. ἅρπη sickle, scimitar. Cf. the earlier ha... Oxford English Dictionary
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Celtic harp
The first instrument associated with the harping tradition in the Gaelic world was known as a . Historical sources mention various types of wire, including brass and iron, and some scholars also argue for the use of silver and gold. wikipedia.org
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harping-spear
† ˈharping-spear Obs. = harping-iron.1657–83 J. Evelyn Hist. Religion (1850) I. 82 Even him [Leviathan], with his harping spear, he boldly encounters. 1738 tr. G. de Lucca's Mem. 248 These Harping-Spears are pointed..extreamly sharp, with Beards to hinder them from coming out. Oxford English Dictionary
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À rebours
Naturalism, but this school, which should have rendered the inestimable service of giving us real characters in precisely described settings, had ended up harping Can't you ariseFrom memory, and triumph, growToday a form of conjurationRobed in an iron folio? wikipedia.org
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Finavon Castle
jester, occupied the day and the evening was wiled away in ‘the playing of the chess, at the tables, in reading of romans, in ringing and piping, in harping On Finavon Hill, above the castle there is a vitrified Iron Age hillfort dating from the mid-1st millennium BCE. wikipedia.org
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iron
▪ I. iron, n.1 (ˈaɪən) Forms: α. 1 {iacu}sern. β. 1 {iacu}sen, 4 yzen, ysen, yse. γ. 1 {iacu}ren, 2–6 iren, (3–5 irin, -un, -yn(e), 3–6 yren, (4–5 yrin, -un(ne, -yn(e), 4–7 yron, (5 eiren, eyren, iyron, hyrone, 6 yrone), 5– iron. δ. 3–7 (9 dial.) ire, yre, (3 eire), 6–7 yer-(monger). ε. (Chiefly nor... Oxford English Dictionary
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Tristan
Name The ancient Brittonic name Tristan appears to mean "clanking swords of iron". Nonetheless, Mark ends up ambushing and mortally injuring Tristram while he is harping (Tristan is noted in the book as one of the greatest of musicians wikipedia.org
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Fairy
Proponents find support in the tradition of cold iron as a charm against fairies, viewed as a cultural memory of invaders with iron weapons displacing "Sir Orfeo" tells how Sir Orfeo's wife was kidnapped by the King of Faerie and only by trickery and an excellent harping ability was he able to win her wikipedia.org
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lithe
▪ I. † lithe, n.1 Obs. [f. lithe a.; not connected with lethe a.] A calm, lull; fig. respite.c 1300 Havelok 147 Ne he ne mouchte no lyþe gete. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 310/1 Lyye, or lythe, and calme wedyr, malacia. Hence † ˈlithefull a., calm, gentle.c 1205 Lay. 1262 He þonkede hire ȝeorne mid liðfulle ... Oxford English Dictionary
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In Lebor Ogaim
poetry', sairsi 'handicraft', notaireacht 'notary work', H-airchetul 'trisyllabic poetry', druidheacht 'wizardry', tornoracht 'turning', cruitireacht 'harping Perhaps the alphabet is meant to invoke the image of a circular Iron Age house. wikipedia.org
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Kanno Sugako
Japan has become an advanced, civilized nation, but we women are still denied our freedom by an invisible iron fence. In addition, she chastised men for constantly harping on the importance of female chastity. wikipedia.org
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Gigha
On 8 April 1894 the steamship Udea was lost on the same rocks with a cargo of coal and iron. Culture Gigha had a vigorous tradition of harping, represented mainly by the family called Mac an Bhreatnaigh (Galbraith), who were active in Gigha and wikipedia.org
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