n. [ OE. harvest, hervest, AS. hærfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr.
Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. Gen. viii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
At harvest, when corn is ripe. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Joel iii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
The harvest of a quiet eye. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Harvest fish (Zool.),
Harvest fly (Zool.),
Harvest lord,
Harvest mite (Zool.),
Harvest moon,
Harvest mouse (Zool.),
Harvest queen,
Harvest spider. (Zool.)
v. t.
n.
n.
Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n., from Harvest, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
Harvesting ant (Zool.),
☞ The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara; that of Texas, called
a. Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. “Harvestless autumns.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An erect perennial Old World herb (Agrimonia eupatoria) of dry grassy habitats.
n.;
n. The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne. [ 1913 Webster ]