Harp

n.	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. Æolian harp See under Æolian. Harp seal (Zool.) an arctic seal (Phoca Grœnlandica). 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; their fur is white, and they are killed and skinned to harvest the fur. Harp shell (Zool.) a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.
v. i.	1.	To play on the harp. [imp. & p. p. Harped (härpt) p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] 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. 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.
v. t.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	harp - 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
	2.	harp - a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
	3.	harp - a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole Synonyms: harmonica, mouth harp, mouth organ
Verb	1.	harp - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" Synonyms: dwell
	2.	harp - play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"

To see or play a harp in your dream, represents spiritual harmony. It is a healing symbol.French harp, Irish harp, aeolian harp, cithara, clarsach, dulcimer, harmonica, harmonicon, heptachord, hexachord, kazoo, langspiel, lyre, mouth bow, mouth harp, mouth organ, polychord, symphonia, zither

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