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Definition of Harps

Harp
Harp Harp, 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. 2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. 3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] [AE]olian harp. See under [AE]olian. Harp seal (Zo["o]l.), 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.
Harp
Harp Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harpedp. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.] 1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. --Rev. xiv. 2. 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. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. --Shak. To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.]

Meaning of Harps from wikipedia

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- of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. HARPS-N is the counterpart for the Northern Hemisphere of the similar HARPS instrument installed on the ESO 3.6 m...
- With arched harps, the neck forms a continuous arc with the body and has an open gap between the two ends of the arc (open harps). Arched harps are probably...
- harps are pla**** without human intervention, the sounds they produce are an example of aleatoric music. Aside from varying in material, Aeolian harps...