Definition of Harpin

1. harping [n -S] - See also: harping

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpin

harosets
harp
harp closure
harp closures
harp seal
harp seals
harp shackle
harpa
harpagon
harpagons
harpaxophobia
harped
harper
harpers
harpies
harpin (current term)
harping
harping iron
harping irons
harpings
harpins
harpist
harpists
harplike
harpoon
harpoon gun
harpoon line
harpoon log
harpooned
harpooneer

Literary usage of Harpin

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Certain alternative sites for harpin were discussed, but use of any of these would ... The harpin study, which the AEC commissioners had not at that point ..."

2. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"The emperor Alexius delivers harpin of Bourges from captivity at Babylon—harpin ... harpin conversed with them, and charging them with his commission, ..."

3. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"The Sheer harpin: Form of the Moulded Edge—Form of the Bevelled Edge—Bevelling Board—Expansion of Moulded Edge in the Sheer. The Stem harpin : Form of the ..."

4. Naval Architecture: A Treatise on Laying Off and Building Wood, Iron, and by Samuel James Pope Thearle (1876)
"To Lay off the Sheer harpin in the Sheer Plan.— We will now lay off the sheer harpin in the sheer plan. In Plate XXXIX., let AB and A^ be the projections of ..."

5. The History of Orangeburg County, South Carolina: From Its First Settlement by Alexander Samuel Salley, John Ulrick Giessendanner, United States Continental Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1775-1781). (1897)
"Sumter moved on down to a point on Broughton Street, about in front of the residence of the late harpin Kiggs. There he placed his artillery under another ..."

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