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HARPING IRON Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HARPING IRON is harpoon.
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harping iron - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From French harper (“to grasp strongly”). See harpoon. Noun. edit · harping iron (plural harping irons). (archaic) A harpoon.
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harping-iron, n. meanings, etymology and more
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1810s. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve ...
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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...
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Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Harping-iron
H'ARPING-IRON, noun A harpoon, which see. Websters Dictionary 1828. SITEMAP. Home · Preface · History · Quotations. INFORMATION ...
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Harpoons - Whalesite
The harpoon, or as it was commonly called by whalemen, the iron, was meant only to fasten to the whale and act as a hook to fasten the whale to the whaleboat.
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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...
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"HARPING IRON": Barbed tool for securing whales - OneLook
Usually means: Barbed tool for securing whales. Definitions Related words Mentions. We found 9 dictionaries that define the word harping iron: General (9 ...
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Harpoons - Whalecraft.net
The harpoon, often referred to by whalemen as the "iron," was primarily designed to attach to the whale, serving as a hook to secure the whale to the whaleboat.
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harping irons - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
harping irons · plural of harping iron · Categories: English non-lemma forms · English noun forms. Hidden categories:.
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HARPING definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
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March | 2013 | the voyage, or three years at sea
Their word arpoi, meaning to fasten or hold, became arpon in Spanish, and harpoon, or harping iron, in English. The harpoon, or as it was ...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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