From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harvest \Har"vest\ (h[aum]r"v[e^]st), n. [OE. harvest, hervest,
AS. h[ae]rfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG.
herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr.
karpo`s fruit. Cf. {Carpet}.]
1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of
the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits,
late summer or early autumn.
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Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen.
viii. 22.
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At harvest, when corn is ripe. --Tyndale.
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2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a
crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
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Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
--Joel iii.
13.
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To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. --Shak.
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3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;
reward.
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The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
--Fuller.
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The harvest of a quiet eye. --Wordsworth.
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{Harvest fish} (Zool.), a marine fish of the Southern United
States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called {whiting} in
Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.
{Harvest fly} (Zool.), an hemipterous insect of the genus
{Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}.
{Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]
--Tusser.
{Harvest mite} (Zool.), a minute European mite ({Leptus
autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is
troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic
animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest
bug}.
{Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest
in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason
of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with
the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several
days.
{Harvest mouse} (Zool.), a very small European field mouse
({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of
wheat and other plants.
{Harvest queen}, an image representing Ceres, formerly
carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton.
{Harvest spider}. (Zool.) See {Daddy longlegs}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Locust \Lo"cust\, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf.
{Lobster}.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
{Acridid[ae]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda
migratoria}, syn. {Pachytylus migratoria}, and {Acridium
perigrinum}, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the
United States the related species with similar habits are
usually called {grasshoppers}. See {Grasshopper}.
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Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and
the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and
when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the
United States the harvest flies are improperly called
locusts. See {Cicada}.
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{Locust beetle} (Zool.), a longicorn beetle ({Cyllene
robini[ae]}), which, in the larval state, bores holes in
the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black,
barred with yellow. Called also {locust borer}.
{Locust bird} (Zool.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of
India. See {Pastor}.
{Locust hunter} (Zool.), an African bird; the beefeater.
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2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See {Locust
Tree} (definition, note, and phrases).
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{Locust bean} (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of
the carob tree.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
locust
n 1: migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short
antennae
2: hardwood from any of various locust trees
3: any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae [syn:
{locust tree}, {locust}]
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