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noun

Harbor n. (Written also harbour)

A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. "(A grove) fair harbour that them seems." "For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked."

Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. (Obs.)

(Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. (Obs.)

A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.

(Glass Works) A mixing box for materials.

Harbor dues (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor.

Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal.

Harbor watch, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch.

verb

Harbor v. t. (past & past part. harbored; pres. part. harboring) (Written also harbour) To afford lodging to; to entertain as a guest; to shelter; to receive; to give a refuge to; to indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought); as, to harbor a grudge. "Any place that harbors men." "The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected." "Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage."

Harbor v. i. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor. "For this night let's harbor here in York."

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Etymology of 'Harbor'

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"Harbor" Quotes from Famous Books

... deep into the land, like Salzburg lakes in mountain basins. I look down on such a one from my window, separated from the sea by an island of rocks, set in a steep frame of mountains with woods and houses, below to the left city and harbor. My old friend Galen, who is taking the baths here, with wife and son, received me most warmly; I bathed with him at ten, and after breakfast we walked, or, rather, crawled, through the heat up to the citadel, and sat for a long time on a bench there, ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. X. • Kuno Francke

... to set up or establish any school in that State for the instruction of persons of the African race not inhabitants of the State, or to instruct or teach in any such school or institution, or board or harbor for that purpose, any such person, without the previous consent in writing of the civil authority of the town in which such ...

— Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments • Various

... afforded by the bay of the great window in the library. When Stewart had returned to the girl he noticed that she had provided the harbor with a breakwater—a tall Japanese screen; waiting there she had found the room draughty, she ...

— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day

... teeth should receive attention. If they are allowed to become dirty they will become carious and cause bad breath and neuralgia. Teeth of this character are a menace to health because they harbor germs and in this way infect the mouth and cause stomach troubles. Teeth that are carious should ...

— The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague

... because she suspected her friend. Her nature was too noble to harbor suspicion. Her shudder rather arose from that mysterious premonition which, according to old superstitions, arises warningly and instinctively and blindly at the approach of danger. So the old superstition says that this ...

— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille

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