† harping-ironn.

/ˈhɑːpɪŋˈʌɪən/

Etymology: Related to French harper to grapple, grasp, clasp, etc. (Cotgrave), also harpin a boat-hook.

Obsolete.

A barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon. (In quot. 1735, a grappling-iron.)

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harping-iron1596

iron1613

grapnel1663

harpoon1694

harping-speara1706

striking-iron1817

striker-

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. E4 I haue prouided harping yrons to catch this great Whale.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 839 A Crocodile or some other monster..which thrust out a tongue like a harping iron.

1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. ix. 21 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) With his harping Iron he can draw ashore the great Leviathan.

1665 Voy. E.-India in G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 328 We..strike them with a broad instrument, full of barbs, called an Harping-iron.

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 43 The tow..is a line fastend to the Harping-iron about 50 fathoms long.

1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. III. 487 Nicias had provided harping-irons to grapple them.

1814 W. Brown Hist. Propagation Christianity II. 455 They..insert it [poison] in the point of their arrow or harping iron.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	harping-iron
释义	† harping-ironn. /ˈhɑːpɪŋˈʌɪən/ Etymology: Related to French harper to grapple, grasp, clasp, etc. (Cotgrave), also harpin a boat-hook. Obsolete. A barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon. (In quot. 1735, a grappling-iron.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > harpoon harping-iron1596 iron1613 grapnel1663 harpoon1694 harping-speara1706 striking-iron1817 striker- 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. E4 I haue prouided harping yrons to catch this great Whale. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 839 A Crocodile or some other monster..which thrust out a tongue like a harping iron. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. ix. 21 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) With his harping Iron he can draw ashore the great Leviathan. 1665 Voy. E.-India in G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 328 We..strike them with a broad instrument, full of barbs, called an Harping-iron. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 43 The tow..is a line fastend to the Harping-iron about 50 fathoms long. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. III. 487 Nicias had provided harping-irons to grapple them. 1814 W. Brown Hist. Propagation Christianity II. 455 They..insert it [poison] in the point of their arrow or harping iron. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1596
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