Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harbor"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p.
{Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen,
herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.]
To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give
a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp.
an ill thought).

Any place that harbors men. --Shak.

The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person
suspected. --Bp. Burnet.

Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of
outrage. --Rowe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Harbor \Har"bor\, n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE herbor,
herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga),
orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save,
help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri,
Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G.
bergen. See {Harry}, {2d Bury}, and cf. {Harbinger}.]
1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security
and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

[A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser.

For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
--Dryden.

2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]

4. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Harbor \Har"bor\, 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. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

harbor
n : a place where ships can take on or discharge cargo [syn: {seaport},
{haven}, {harbour}]
v 1: maintain; as of a theory, thoughts, or feelings; "bear a
grudge"; "hold a grudge" [syn: {harbour}, {hold}, {entertain},
{nurse}]
2: secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) [syn: {harbour}]
3: keep in one's possession; of animals [syn: {harbour}]
4: hold a thought or feeling of [syn: {harbour}, {shield}]


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