harr

n. [ OE., fr. AS. heorr, híor. ] A hinge. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade. ] A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as harassed.
Syn. -- annoyed, harassed, pestered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Hare, n. ] (Zool.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares. [ Written also harier. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Harry. ] 1. One who harries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the European marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), and the hen harrier (Circus cyaneus). [ 1913 Webster ]

Harrier hawk (Zool.), one of several species of American hawks of the genus Micrastur. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Bot.) A genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America.
Syn. -- genus Harrisia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Harrowing. ] [ OE. harowen, harwen; cf. Dan. harve. See Harrow, n. ] 1. To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will he harrow the valleys after thee? Job xxxix. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex. [ 1913 Webster ]

My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ OF. harau, haro; fr. OHG. hara, hera, herot, or fr. OS. herod hither, akin to E. here. ] Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor; -- the ancient Norman hue and cry. “Harrow and well away!” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Harrow! alas! here lies my fellow slain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]