Harr

name, noun

name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of haar (“sea fog; wind which blows in this fog”). alt-of, alternative

    "For lo! now peeping just above the vast / Vault of the German Sea, in east afar, / Appears full many a brig's and schooner's mast, / Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr"

  2. 2
    The stile that bears the hinges of a gate.

    "One of the first places for a gate to go rotten is at the junction of the brace and harr."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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sea fret

Example

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"For lo! now peeping just above the vast / Vault of the German Sea, in east afar, / Appears full many a brig's and schooner's mast, / Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr"

Etymology

Etymology 1

See haar.

Etymology 2

See English har.

Etymology 3

* As a North German surname, from variants/ancestors of the noun Heer (“army”), similar to Herbert, Hermann. * As an English surname, variant of Hare.

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