The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . xxii. harpers-cord,«. Sec Itiirpsirhord. Harpia (hiirpi-ii), as Harpi/ia. Harpid8e(hiirpi-de), [^li.,-pified by the genus Uarpa. They havethe head exposed, conspicuous eyes, a wide foot, and noop. rrnlnm. The shell is ventricose. with a low spire, ribs cross the whorls. Nine speciesare known,iidi;ibit;iiits of the tropical seas. harping (hiirping), n. [< ME. harping; verbal 11. of liiirj), ).] 1. The act of playing on tho harp; not
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . xxii. harpers-cord,«. Sec Itiirpsirhord. Harpia (hiirpi-ii), as Harpi/ia. Harpid8e(hiirpi-de), [^li.,-pified by the genus Uarpa. They havethe head exposed, conspicuous eyes, a wide foot, and noop. rrnlnm. The shell is ventricose. with a low spire, ribs cross the whorls. Nine speciesare known,iidi;ibit;iiits of the tropical seas. harping (hiirping), n. [< ME. harping; verbal 11. of liiirj), ).] 1. The act of playing on tho harp; notes or strains performed on the harp. Come into my hall, thou silly blind Harper, And of thy harpimt let me bear ! LochmaOen //nr;)pr (childs Hallads, VI. 8)i 2. Xaut.: (a) The fore jiarts of tho wales, whichencompass the bow and are fastened to thestoni. Their use is to strengthen the 8hi]i in tin- placewhere she sustains the greatest shock in plunging into thesea. (/,) III ..hiji-hiiilding, the coiitiiuuitions ofthe ribands at both extremities of a ship, fixed. Reverse. Harper of Elizal>eth. Dritisii Mu M:um. [Sizeof the original.) harping
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