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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harp \Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D.
     harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
     1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame
        furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held
        upright, and played with the fingers.
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     2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
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     3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
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     {Aeolian harp}. See under {Aeolian}.
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     {Harp seal} (Zool.), an arctic seal ({Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica}).
        The adult males have a light-colored body, with a
        harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and
        throat black. Called also {saddler}, and {saddleback}. The
        immature ones are called {bluesides}; their fur is white,
        and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur.
  
     {Harp shell} (Zool.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of
        the genus {Harpa}, of several species, found in tropical
        seas. See {Harpa}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harp \Harp\, v. t.
     To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to
     develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound
     forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
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           Thou 'st harped my fear aright.          --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harped} (h[aum]rpt) p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Harping}.] [AS. hearpian. See {Harp}, n.]
     1. To play on the harp.
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              I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their
              harps.                                --Rev. xiv. 2.
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     2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or
        monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to
        something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or
        upon. "Harpings upon old themes." --W. Irving.
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              Harping on what I am,
              Not what he knew I was.               --Shak.
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     {To harp on one string}, to dwell upon one subject with
        disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harp
       n 1: a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a
            sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the
            strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are
            plucked with the fingers
       2: a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
       3: a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of
          free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing
          into the desired hole [syn: {harmonica}, {mouth organ}, {mouth
          harp}]
       v 1: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always
            harping on the same old things" [syn: {dwell}]
       2: play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "harp":
     French harp, Irish harp, aeolian harp, cithara, clarsach, dulcimer,
     harmonica, harmonicon, heptachord, hexachord, kazoo, langspiel,
     lyre, mouth bow, mouth harp, mouth organ, polychord, symphonia,
     zither
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Harp
     (Heb. kinnor), the national instrument of the Hebrews. It was
     invented by Jubal (Gen. 4:21). Some think the word _kinnor_
     denotes the whole class of stringed instruments. It was used as
     an accompaniment to songs of cheerfulness as well as of praise
     to God (Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 16:23; 2 Chr. 20:28; Ps. 33:2;
     137:2).
     
       In Solomon's time harps were made of almug-trees (1 Kings
     10:11, 12). In 1 Chr. 15:21 mention is made of "harps on the
     Sheminith;" Revised Version, "harps set to the Sheminith;"
     better perhaps "harps of eight strings." The soothing effect of
     the music of the harp is referred to 1 Sam. 16:16, 23; 18:10;
     19:9. The church in heaven is represented as celebrating the
     triumphs of the Redeemer "harping with their harps" (Rev. 14:2).
     

















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