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Definition of: harp
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(härp) noun 
1. A stringed musical instrument, nearly triangular in modern form, played with the fingers. 
2. One of several old Irish coins of various values. 
3. A harplike part in a mechanism. 
—v.i. 
1. To play on a harp. 
2. To speak or write persistently; dwell tediously: with on or upon. 
—v.t. 
3. Archaic To give utterance to; express. 
4. Poetic To affect in some way by playing the harp: to harp one to sleep. [OE hearpe]
				
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