v. t.
Though yet he never harmed me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
No ground of enmity between us known
Why he should mean me ill or seek to harm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm, G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav. & Russ. sram' shame, Skr. çrama toil, fatigue. ]
We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms. Shak.
n. [ Cf. F. harmaline See Harmel. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. harmattan, prob. of Arabic origin. ] A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ar. harmal. ] (Bot.) A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. “ Most harmful hazards.” Strype.
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n.[ See Harmaline. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Fem. fr. L. harmonicus harmonic. See Harmonic, n. ]