4 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. [1913 Webster] 3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] {Aeolian harp}. See under {Aeolian}. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Saddler \Sad"dler\, n. One who makes saddles. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A harp seal. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: saddler n : a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 70 Moby Thesaurus words for "saddler": baker, bidet, bookdealer, bookseller, butcher, carriage horse, cart horse, cavalry horse, chandler, clothing merchant, confectioner, draft horse, draper, dray horse, driving horse, drysalter, fill horse, filler, fishmonger, fishwife, florist, footwear merchant, fruiterer, furnisher, furrier, gigster, greengrocer, grocer, groceryman, haberdasher, hack, hackney, hardwareman, hunter, ironmonger, jeweler, jument, lead, leader, liquor merchant, mount, newsdealer, pack horse, palfrey, perfumer, plow horse, pole horse, polo pony, post-horse, poulterer, remount, rider, riding horse, road horse, roadster, rouncy, saddle horse, shaft horse, stalking-horse, stationer, sumpter, sumpter horse, thill horse, thiller, tobacconist, vintner, wheeler, wheelhorse, wine merchant, workhorse
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