harvestn.
/ˈhɑːvɪst/ 1. The third of the four seasons of the year, the autumn. Obsolete exc. dialect, or passing into sense 2.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > autumn
harvest902
harvest-tidec1175
harvest time1362
autumn?c1400
falling of the leaf?1504
fall1550
leaf fall1616
go-harvest1735
back-end1820
fall time1833
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest-time
harvest902
harvest monthc1000
reap-timeOE
harvest-tidec1175
harvest time1362
reaping timea1382
shaking time1658
picking time1799
902 Charter Bp. Denewulf in Cod. Dipl. V. 151 To hærfestes emnihte sie simne agyfed.
c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 299 Þa feower timan..lengten, sumor, hærfest, & winter.
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 317/7 Autumnus, herfest.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 301 Þe halirode dei þe latere þe is inheruest.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 12/393 Aftur heruest he comez i-lome.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 107 Þe evenes of þe day and þe nyȝt is ones in þe Lente and efte in hervest.
1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. lxvi. (1898) lxvi. 243 Al the olde Phylosofers the yere dyuysedyn in fowre Parties, wyche ben callid Veere, Somer, Herrust, and Wyntyr.
1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. lxvi. (1898) lxvi. 245 Of Herust.
1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 32 The 14 day of September..with it beginneth Haruest, which is the third quarter of the year.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. iii. 287 Countries, whose constitutions admit not such tempestivity of harvest . View more context for this quotation
1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. 78 Toward the End of Harvest, when the Days are turning short.
2.
a. The season for reaping and gathering in the ripened grain.Not distinctly marked from preceding sense before 14th cent.
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a1100 Gerefa in Anglia (1886) 9 261 On hærfeste ripan.
c1300 St. Brandan 692 Thapplen were ripe y-nouȝ riȝt as hit harvest were.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxx. 14 And Ruben goon out in tyme of wheet heruest into the feeld.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 202 The man, whiche hath his londe tilled, Awaiteth nought more redely The hervest.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 523 Sesounez schal yow neuer sese of sede ne of heruest.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 252 Reserue in heruest hem that seed shal brynge.
14.. in Archæol. LIV. i. 164/106 July for eruyst.
1483 Cath. Angl. 177/1 Harvest, autumpnus, messis.
1483 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 28 And cutes corn in harwyste.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xxi. 9 Whan ye barly haruest begynneth.
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. x. 5 He that sleepeth in haruest, is a sonne that causeth shame. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 899 Seed time and Harvest, Heat and hoary Frost Shall hold thir course. View more context for this quotation
1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 456 Robin shure in hairst, I shure wi' him.
1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) v. 242 The harvest of Palestine is in April or May.
b. transferred. The season for the gathering of other annual products.
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1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 132 Two Honey Harvests fall in ev'ry Year. View more context for this quotation
c. transferred and figurative. (From 2 and 3.)
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1535 M. Coverdale The doughter of Babilon hath bene in hir tyme like as a threszshinge floore, but shortly shal hir haruest come [1382 Wyclif, ȝit a litil, and come shal the tyme of his reping].
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. iii. 24 It is needful that you frame the season for your owne haruest . View more context for this quotation
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 674 The Lent..so weakening their bodies, that the Moores make that their Harvest of Abissine captives.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 93 Fellow-labourers in that harvest of souls.
1841 H. W. Longfellow God's Acre iii The great harvest, when the archangel's blast Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain.
3.
a. The reaping and gathering in of the ripened grain; the gathering in of other products.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun]
inning?1407
harvest1526
ingathering1535
shaking1623
harvesting1719
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest
reapeOE
harvest1526
autumn1607
récolte1669
pick1875
1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iv. 35 Loke on the regions: For they are whyte allredy vnto harvest [1388 Wyclif, ben..to repe].
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ji To go to heruest, moissonner.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vii. 23 The Seeds~man Vpon the slime and Ooze scatters his graine, And shortly comes to Haruest . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 981 A field Of Ceres ripe for harvest . View more context for this quotation
1797 Washington in Sir J. Sinclair's Corr. (1831) II. 27 I..shall read it..so soon as I have passed through my harvest, which is now nearly finished.
1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? xii. 98 When the great hay harvest was not actually amaking.
b. Proverbs and phrases. to make a long harvest for or about a little corn. lord of the harvest n. (a) the proprietor or farmer to whom the crops belong, hence applied to God (Matthew ix. 8); (b) the head reaper, harvest-lord. lady of the harvest n. (a) the woman chosen to receive honour at the harvest-home; cf. harvest queen n.; (b) the female ‘mate’ of the head reaper, harvest-lady.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower > leading reapers
lord of the harvest1534
harvest-lord1573
lord1743
stubble-rig?1780
harvest-ladya1825
harvest queena1825
1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Matt. ix. 38 Wherfore praye the Lorde of the harvest [1526 harvest lorde] to sende forthe laborers into hys harvest.
1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xli. sig. Cvi Surely..ye haue in this tyme thus worne Made a long haruest for a little corne.
1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. C I am sure you make that garland for me, against I shall be Lady of the Haruest.
1710 Tusser Redivivus in Hone's Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1158 He that is the lord of harvest is generally some stayed sober-working man.
1826 Hone's Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1167 The lord of the harvest accompanied by his lady (the person is so called who goes second in the reap)..enters the parlour where the guests are seated, and solicits a largess from each of them.
4.
a. The ripened grain or fruit; the corn-crop.
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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. ix. 37 The hervest is greate [ Wyclif, there is myche ripe corne] but the laborers ar feawe.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 203 Haruest was so plentiful that barnes would not holde it.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 The waving Harvest bends beneath his [sc. Boreas'] blast. View more context for this quotation
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xviii. 689 Along the furrow here, the harvest fell.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 80 Those who sow and reap her bountiful harvests are often without bread.
b. The season's yield of any natural product.
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1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 543 This ought to bee no meruaile, that there should be so great a haruest and store of these mice.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 93 The Vine her liquid Harvest yields. View more context for this quotation
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark xii. 409 The harvest of bark, in 1879..amounted to 106,000 lbs.
1881 Times 29 July 4/1 The climatic conditions on which the grouse harvest depends.
5. figurative. The product or ‘fruit’ of any action or effort: a supply produced or appearing, a ‘crop’.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > that which is obtained or acquired > as the product of any action
gain1496
increase1560
harvest1576
effect1604
income1635
1576 A. Fleming tr. Apollonius in Panoplie Epist. 225 They shal gather such gleaning as agree with your harvest, namely the same vertue wherwith you are indued.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. ii. 15 To reape the haruest of perpetuall peace. View more context for this quotation
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 285 Let us the Harvest of our Labour eat.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xliv. 156 I am not now sanguine enough to expect a more plentiful harvest of parliamentary virtue in one year than another.
1833 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (1874) xix. 336 A rich ‘harvest’ of fossil ferns has been obtained from them.
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C1. attributive and in other combinations.
a. Of or pertaining to the autumn or harvest.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective]
harvest1382
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Jude 12 Heruest trees with outen fruyt.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 383 Thoruȝ al an haruest cesoun.
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 278 Another..wyth her doth brynge Her haruest gyrdle, her weddynge rynge.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 24 We here doo call Fruges, all sortes of haruest grayne.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 38v The ordinary couenants of most conuentionary Tenants are, to..doe haruest iournyes, grinde at the Mill [etc.].
1621 J. Vicars in J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) sig. A6v All thy full-ear'd Harvest-Swathes.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. viii. 336 An Harvest Bottle of Leather.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 79 No toiling Teams from Harvest-labour come So late at Night. View more context for this quotation
1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 181 The harvest-treasures all Now gather'd in.
1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 384 The former tenant..kept a piper..and gave him his harvest-fee.
1801 E. Scot Alonzo & Cora 50 'Twas on a cheerful harvest-morn.
1842–4 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1891) III. 88 Harvest Forks..used in the loading of corn require to have long shafts.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 91 The voice of the harvest-bird brings Theognis sorrow.
1884 Miss Surtees Harvest Home 16 For that harvest-day the fields are white.
b. Of or pertaining to the harvest-home.
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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 68v The haruest dinners are held by euery wealthy man.
1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. D4v Another [would] swell with pride, as if she were Mistris of the Haruest cart.
1809 W. Scott Poacher 115 The harvest~feast grew blither when he came.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 27 All the feats that crown the harvest supper night.
1827 W. Hone Table Bk. II. 333 Harvest-Catch in Norfolk.
1884 Miss Surtees Harvest Home 17 Compel them to come in to the Master's Harvest-home, to the great Harvest Supper.
c. Objective, as harvest-bearing adj.
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1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 142 The harvest-bearing earth.
d. Adverbial, as harvest-trudging adj.
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1845 C. Norton Child of Islands 184 When harvest-trudging clowns went singing by.
C2. Special combinations. † harvest ears n. Obsolete see quot.
harvest-apple n. a small apple ripening in August.
harvest-bell n. (a) a bell rung in harvest time; (b) a flower, the Autumn bell, Gentiana Pneumonanthe.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Gentianaceae (gentians) > [noun]
gentianOE
fieldwooda1393
baldmoney1393
caresweeta1400
felwort1526
calathian violet1578
crosswort gentian1578
harvest-bell1597
gentianella1633
blue violet1649
marsh gentian1690
vernal gentian1728
pennywort1817
meadow pink1827
soap-gentian1845
soapwort gentian1845
autumn-bells1863
windflower1866
willow gentian1883
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 355 Calathian Violet..is called..of some Haruest bels.
1860 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. X. 356 To ring what is called the ‘Harvest Bell’..to warn the labourers in the harvest fields when to begin and cease their labour.
harvest-cock n. a salmon of a certain age.
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1861 Act 24 & 25 Victoria c. 109 §4 All migratory fish of the genus salmon, whether known by the names..harvest cock, sea trout, white trout..or by any other local name.
harvest doll n. see quot., also cf. harvest queen n.
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1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 20 Not half a century ago, they used everywhere to dress up something..at the end of harvest which was called a Harvest Doll.
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1608 Withals' Dict. 46 Thine eares be on pilgrimage..as they say commonly, thou hast on thy haruest eares. Vestræ peregrinantur aures.
harvest festival n.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day1674
harvest festival1882
1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 43 Pentecost was a harvest festival.
harvest-fever n. an autumnal fever.
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1891 C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics Brit. 409 Autumnal or harvest-fever, was a pestilential fever.
harvest-fish n. the butter- or dollar-fish of North America, a species of Stromateus.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Stromatoidei > member of (butter-fish)
Stromateus1753
dollar-fish18..
Stromat1803
katonkel1853
pompano1882
butterfish1884
harvest-fish1885
1885 Standard Nat. Hist. III. 191 The species known in Massachusetts and New York as the butter-fish, in New Jersey as the harvest fish.
harvest-fly n. a name in U.S. for species of Cicada, which appear during harvest time.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae
cicada?a1475
cigala1484
bow-krickel1658
locust1709
harvest-fly1753
spit-insect1755
tettix1775
balm-cricket1783
cicala1821
tree-hopper1836
cicad1855
knife-grinder1859
scissors-grinder1875
jar-fly1880
squeaker1887
New Forest cicada1978
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Harvest-fly, Cicada..the name of a large fly, remarkable for the noise which it makes in the summer-months, and particularly about the time of harvest.
1870 C. V. Riley Rep. Noxious Insects 131 Reminding one of the mode of escape of our Harvest-flies (Cicadæ).
harvest-folk n. the people engaged in harvesting.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > harvest-folk
harvest-folk1573
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 55v In haruest time, haruest folke, seruants & all, should make all together, good cheere in thy hall.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 62* The Mowers and Haruest folkes..carrie great peeces of them to the Feelde with them.
harvest-goose n. = harvest-home goose n. at harvest home n. Compounds 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > goose
harvest-goosec1400
goose-fleshc1425
goose1539
harvest-home goose1573
c1400 T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 113 A yong wyf and an arvyst-gos, Moche gagil with bothe.
harvest-hand n. = harvest-swain n.
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1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xiv. 179 Harvest-hands being greatly in demand just then.
harvest-herring n.
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a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) ix. 149 We haue harvest heryng, & good hawkes.
harvest-hind n. = harvest-swain n.
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1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 5 Harvest Hinds, o'respent with Toyl and Heats.
harvest-hog n. ‘a young sheep, that is smeared at the end of harvest, when it ceases to be a lamb’ (Jamieson).
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c1550 Complaynt Scotl. vi. 53 Gylmyrs and dilmondis, and mony herueist hog.
harvest-lady n. see harvest-lord n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower > leading reapers
lord of the harvest1534
harvest-lord1573
lord1743
stubble-rig?1780
harvest-ladya1825
harvest queena1825
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Harvest-lady, the second reaper in the row..but does not seem to have been ever so regularly greeted by the title, except on the day of harvest-home.
harvest-lord n. the couple of reapers who lead the others in the harvest-field; see also 3b.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower > leading reapers
lord of the harvest1534
harvest-lord1573
lord1743
stubble-rig?1780
harvest-ladya1825
harvest queena1825
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 54v Grant haruest lorde more, by a peny or two, to call on his fellowes, the better to do.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Harvest-lord, the principal reaper, who goes first, and whose motions regulate those of his followers.
harvest-louse n. = harvest-bug n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Trombidiidae > member of
wheal-worm1648
harvest-bug1768
harvest-louse1775
gooseberry-louse1856
harvest-mite1874
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Tetranychidae > member of
red spider1646
harvest-bug1768
harvest-louse1775
gooseberry-louse1856
red mite1871
harvest-mite1874
harvest-tick1886
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Harvestlouse, an exceeding small insect very troublesome in harvest time.
harvest-mackerel n. one caught during harvest.
harvest-mite n. = harvest-bug n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Trombidiidae > member of
wheal-worm1648
harvest-bug1768
harvest-louse1775
gooseberry-louse1856
harvest-mite1874
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Tetranychidae > member of
red spider1646
harvest-bug1768
harvest-louse1775
gooseberry-louse1856
red mite1871
harvest-mite1874
harvest-tick1886
1874 C. V. Riley Rep. Noxious Insects ‘Jiggers’ or Harvest Mites, Leptus irritans. Latin Americanus.
1877 A. Murray Econ. Entomol. 117 Trombidiidæ (Harvest mites).
harvest-play n. ‘the vacation of a school during harvest’ (Jamieson).
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harvest-rig n. Scottish (a) a ridge, rig, or ‘land’ of a harvest-field, between two furrows; the harvest-field so divided; (b) the couple, man and woman, who reap together during the harvest, cutting a ‘rig’ conjointly.
harvest-saver n. a machine for economically drying hay, etc. when cut in wet weather.
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1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 148/1 Models of Harvest Savers, already adopted on twenty of the chief estates in the country.
harvest-spider n. a long-legged spider, Phalangium, common in harvest-fields.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > division Pseudoarachnida > order Opiliones > family Phalangidae or genus Phalangium > member of
shepherd1608
carter spider1665
shepherd spider1665
spider1665
shepherd's spider1688
father-long-legs1746
granddaddy1808
daddy-long-legs1818
harvestman1830
grandfather-long-legs1833
phalangian1835
phalangidan1835
harvest-spider1852
granddaddy-long-legs1858
phalangid1869
phalange1876
opilionid1900
1852 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (1863) III. 677 Sometimes the Harvest-spider is seen scrambling over the grass with wonderful speed.
1883 J. Curtis Farm Insects 200 The harvest-bug..is closely allied..to our tick..described by Dr. Geer under the name of Acarus Phalangii from its infesting the harvest-spider Phalangium Opilio.
harvest-swain n. a reaper in the harvest-field.
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1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Iv The Harvest Swaines, and Wenches bound For joy, to see the Hock-cart crown'd.
harvest thanksgiving n. a thanksgiving service for the ingathering of the harvest, at which the church is usually decorated with grain, fruit, etc.
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1867 Leisure Hour 3 Aug. 559/1 The service was that specially prepared by Convocation for harvest thanksgivings.
harvest-tick n. (a) = harvest-bug n.; (b) any small spider of the family Leptidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Tetranychidae > member of
red spider1646
harvest-bug1768
harvest-louse1775
gooseberry-louse1856
red mite1871
harvest-mite1874
harvest-tick1886
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Harvest ticks, the species of the Genus Leptus.
harvest-trow n. dialect = harvest mouse n.
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1880 R. Jefferies Greene Ferne Farm 90 Looking at a nest of harvest-trows, as the tiny mice are called that breed in the grass.
harvest-wench n. = harvest-woman n.
harvest-woman n. a female reaper.
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1759 S. Johnson Idler 25 Aug. 265 He saw some Reapers and Harvest Women at dinner.
harvest-work n. the work of reaping and gathering in the harvest (so harvest-worker).
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1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §16 Persons..accustomed to goe into other Shires for Harvest worck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
harvestv.
/ˈhɑːvɪst/ 1.
a. transitive. To reap and gather in (the corn, or, by extension, other ripe crop).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)]
gatherc950
getc1250
harvestc1400
in?1407
win1487
ingatherc1575
crop1602
enda1616
to get in1699
to get up1764
secure1842
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxx. 300 Men hervesten the Corn twyes a ȝeer.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 138 The End of all my Harvesting.
1776–90 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (T.) I have seen a stock of reeds harvested and stacked, worth two or three hundred pounds.
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 222/1 The general crop [of onions] must be pulled, if not already harvested.
1898 N.E.D. at Harvest Mod. The tenants had to harvest the lord's grain for him.
b. intransitive. To gather in the corn-crop.
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1891 Daily News 28 Apr. 2/5 Texas and Southern Kansas can harvest in June and July.
c. transitive. To kill or remove (wild animals belonging to a local population) so as to provide food (or other useful product) or sport, or to reduce the population.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > kill animal [verb (transitive)]
slayc1000
slaughter1535
kill1560
to bring down1768
bag1814
mop1859
murder1863
beef1869
cull1889
carcass1906
harvest1947
1947 Biol. Abstr. 21 1602/2 14 tagged fish were recaptured later by anglers, suggesting that only a small % of the sauger crop is being harvested.
1948 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 12 78/1 In 13 years of harvesting the surplus, 546 deer have been taken.
1960 Biol. Abstr. 35 2529/1 Aeromonas caused heavy mortality of golden shiners..when these fish were harvested and moved to holding tanks.
1961 Listener 7 Sept. 348/2 Now 500 to 1,000 hippo are being harvested annually for food.
1970 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 4/8 The tablets were made from the livers of seals harvested in Alaska in 1964.
1973 Times 10 Oct. 6/8 Shellfish in Italian waters can be harvested again after a month-long ban brought about by cholera.
d. To remove (cells) from a culture made in vitro or in vivo; to remove (cells, tissues, organs, or embryos) from an animal for experimental purposes.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [verb (transitive)] > others
animalize1790
sterilize1891
ultrafilter1908
enucleate1909
homogenize1936
harvest1946
superfuse1953
bursectomize1958
perifuse1969
respirate1971
transfect1974
1946 Nature 9 Nov. 677/2 Table 2 shows the general metabolic activities of normal cells compared with those of cells harvested from a culture grown for 90 min. in the presence of 10 units [of] penicillin per ml. medium.
1957 Jrnl. Cellular & Compar. Physiol. 49 369 Various numbers of HeLa cells were added to duplicate Warburg flasks and oxygen consumption was measured for 68·5 hours. The results..indicated that..the rate of oxygen consumption was related linearly to number both of cells inoculated and cells harvested.
1960 Biol. Abstr. 35 460/2 (heading) Effects of 2,4-dinitrophenol on endogenous respiration of yeast harvested during the first budding cycle.
1971 Nature 17 Dec. 385/3 The lymphoid organs are always harvested 24 h after the injection of labelled cells.
1972 Nature 24 Mar. 169/1 Macrophages were harvested from the peritoneal cavity 10 days after the second immunization.
1972 Science 5 May 519/1 Pregnant animals were killed 3 days later and the embryos were harvested.
2. transferred. To gather and lay up in store; to ‘reap’, to husband.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > collect and store
amass1481
accumulatec1487
uphoard1582
harvest1888
stockpile1943
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Jan. 10/1 He..has watched Chicago's growth for fifty years, and harvested a fortune of about £40,000 from that city's prosperity.
1889 M. E. Carter Mrs. Severn III. iii. xii. 258 The whole of her money was spent. That was soon, for she did not try to harvest it.
Derivatives
ˈharvested adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > harvested
inned1609
harvested1632
picked1632
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Haruested, mestivé.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 3 Artificial shelter, and harvested provision.
1887 J. Ruskin Præterita II. xi. 404 The pendent gold of the harvested maize.
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