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Look up: HARP

  1. Harp
    The harp is a plucked stringed instrument of ancient origin. The ancient harp was found among the Assyrians, Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, Irish, Welsh, and other nations. Its variety of form and construction was only equalled by its universality. The modern instrument has the strings distended from t...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. harp
    [n] - a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade 2. [n] - a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck 3. [v] - play the harp 4. [v] - come back to
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. HARP
    High Altitude Research Program
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  4. HARP
    Health Administration Responsibility Project
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  5. harp
    stringed instrument plucked with the fingers Category: General • a swivel plate arranged on a toolhead Category: Mechanical engineering
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Harp
    Harp (härp) noun [ Middle English harpe , Anglo-Saxon hearpe ; akin to Dutch harp , German harfe , Old High German harpha , Danish harpe , Icelandic & Swedish harpa .] 1. A musical instrument ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/15

  7. Harp
    Harp intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Harped (härpt) present participle & verbal noun Harping .] [ Anglo-Saxon hearpian . See Harp , noun...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/15

  8. Harp
    Harp transitive verb 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. « Thou 'st harped my fear aright.» Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/15

  9. harp
    1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers. ... 2. <astronomy> A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. ... 3. <zoology> Harp seal, a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. harp
    noun a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. harp
    dwell verb come back to; `Don`t dwell on the past`; `She is always harping on the same old things`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. harp
    verb play the harp; `She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Harp
    • (n.) To play on the harp. • (n.) A grain sieve. • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the ha...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. harp
    stringed instrument in which the resonator, or belly, is perpendicular, or nearly so, to the plane of the strings. Each string produces one note, the ... [11 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/18

  15. harp
    harp, stringed musical instrument of ancient origin, the strings of which are plucked with the fingers. Harps were found in paintings from the 13th cent. B.C. at Thebes. In different forms it was played by peoples of nearly all lands throughout the ages. The harp was particularly popular with the Ir...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08227

  16. Harp
    Harp is slang for a harmonica.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Harp
    Harp is slang for a harmonica.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. harp
    Plucked musical string instrument. It consists of a set of strings stretched vertically over a triangle-shaped frame. The strings rise from a sloping soundboard and are tensioned at the opposite end by pegs. The orchestral harp is the largest instrument of its type. It has 47 strings covering the range B0–C7 (seven octaves). At its base th...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  19. Harp
    The `harp` is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it falls in the general category of chordophones (stringed instruments) and occupies its own sub category (the harps). All harps have a neck, resonator, and str...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp

  20. Harp
    (magazine) `Harp` was a print and online magazine that provided in-depth information on current music, mainly the adult album alternative genre, which encompasses a large variety of music. It was published from 2001–08. By 2008, Harp had moved well beyond its early AAA ro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp



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