Definition of harbor

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Harbor (n.) 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..

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Receiptment :: Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony..
Narrow :: Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor..
Malign :: Malign (a.) Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.
Harborer :: Harborer (n.) One who, or that which, harbors..
Gabion :: Gabion (n.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement..
Lodging :: Lodging (n.) Abiding place; harbor; cover.
Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.
Chops :: Chops (n. pl.) The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel..
Open :: Open (v. i.) To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view..
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Lumper :: Lumper (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
Harbor :: Harbor (n.) Specif.: A lodging place; an inn.
Harborough :: Harborough () Alt. of Harbroug.
Pile :: Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc..
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter..
Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
Berthage :: Berthage (n.) A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
Quay :: Quay (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels..
Reset :: Reset (n.) The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw..
Landlock :: Landlock (v. t.) To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land..
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