Definition of Harps

1. Noun. (plural of harp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Harps

1. harp [v] - See also: harp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harps

harpist
harpists
harplike
harpoon
harpoon gun
harpoon line
harpoon log
harpooned
harpooneer
harpooneers
harpooner
harpooners
harpooning
harpoons
harpress
harps (current term)
harpsichon
harpsichons
harpsichord
harpsichordist
harpsichordists
harpsichordlike
harpsichords
harpulla
harpullia
harpy
harpy bat
harpy eagle
harpy eagles
harpyish

Literary usage of Harps

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

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The Egyptian harps, both the stationary upright and the portable, ... Both distinctly exhibit the characteristic features of all harps: the strings run ..."

2. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"What has become of the harps of 1782 and 1792 ? A harp of 1509. ... harps of the eighteenth century : the one in the possession of Sir Hervey Bruce ..."

3. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"In noticing the harps of a tomb at Thebes*, Bruce makes the following remark, ... The tomb in which the harps described by Bruce are painted, ..."

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