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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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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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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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