n. [ F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade. ] A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. same as harassed.
n. [ From Hare, n. ] (Zool.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.
n. [ From Harry. ]
Harrier hawk (Zool.),
prop. n. (Bot.) A genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America.