Definition of Harking

1. Verb. (present participle of hark) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Harking

1. hark [v] - See also: hark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harking

hariolations
harish
harissa
harissas
hark
hark back
harked
harken
harken back
harkened
harkener
harkeners
harkening
harkens
harkerite
harking (current term)
harks
harl
harle
harlech group
harled
harlequin
harlequin-snake
harlequin chromosome
harlequin duck
harlequin ducks
harlequin eye
harlequin ichthyosis
harlequin opal

Literary usage of Harking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... this effort of a dog to speak is no indication of a savage temper. harking dog» ... harking ..."

2. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States of by United States, William Mark McKinney, Thomas H. Calvert, Edward Thompson Company (1917)
"... the forfeiture enue Law belong exclusively to the gov- erty. harking r. Williard, (1900) 146 payment of the ..."

3. The Monograph Series edited by Russell Fenimore Whitehead (1915)
"THE ANDREW harking HOUSE AT NORTHVALE. NEW JERSEY. Rebuilt 1805 and 1838 JAN DITMARS HOUSE AT FLATLAND NECK. BROOKLYN, NY Date about 1800 While this house ..."

4. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems by Alexander Hill Everett (1845)
"... harking. [Democratic Review, November, 1842.] THE Poem of which a translation is here presented, exhibits one of the various lights under which the ..."

5. The Note Book of an American Parson in England by George Monroe Royce (1918)
"... much as if I were now to get an opportunity of seeing and actually identifying myself with the old habit of "harking" which was rapidly disappearing. ..."

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