hare 3 t, 
Harebell, or Bluebell 
ipanula rotundjfo- 
hare 
But the poor creature was so ttared by the council of 
officers that he presently caused a proclamation to be Is- 
sued out, by which he did declare the parliament to be dis- 
solved. Clarendon, Civil Wars, III. 660. 
To hare and rate them thus at every turn is not to teach 
them, but to vex and torment them to no purpose. 
Locke, Education, 67. 
See ftel, I., D (6). 
harebell (har'bel),w. [<ME. 
harebelle, glossing L. bursa 
pastoris, shepherd's-purse 
(not in AS.) ; < hare 1 + 
bell 1 . Many plants take 
their popular names from 
familiar animals without ob- 
vious reason; cf. harefoot, 
hare's-foot, hare-mint, hare's- 
ear, etc.] 1. A species of 
bell-flower, Campanula ro- 
tundifolia, the well-known 
bluebell of Scotland, it is a 
low herb with delicate, drooping, 
blue, bell-shaped flowers, and lin- 
ear-lanceolate stem -leaves, those 
near the root being round-heart- 
shaped or ovate, but early disap- 
pearing, so as rarely to be seen 
with the flowers. It is common 
to both Europe and North Ameri- 
ca. The name is sometimes erro- 
neously written hairbell; Lindley 
endeavored to restrict that spell- 
ing to this plant, reserving the 
spelling harebell for the Scillanu- 
taiis (def. 2). 
The azur'd hare-bell, like thy veins. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 
E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, 
Elastic, from her airy tread. 
Scott, L. of the L., i. 18. 
An Alpine harebell hung with tears 
By some cold morning glacier. 
Tennyson, Princess, vii. 
2. The wild hyacinth, Scilla nutans, orHyacin- 
thus non-scriptus. [Scotch; rarely so used in 
English works.] 
harebrain (har'bran), a. and n. [< hare 1 + 
bra in. Also written, incorrectly, hairbrain, as if 
< hair 1 + brain.] I. a. Same as harebrained. 
I meane it (saith the king) by that same haire-braine 
wild fellow, my subject, the Earle of Suffolke, who is 
protected in your countrie, and begins to play the foole, 
when all others are wearie of it . 
Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 223. 
It certainly will not put him in a position to carry out 
any of the hairbrain schemes of economic policy. 
The American, XII. 309. 
II. . A giddy or reckless person. 
Ah foolish harebraine, 
This is not she. Udall, Roister Bolster, i. 4. 
Look into our histories, and you shall almost meet with 
no other subject, but what a company of hare-brains have 
done in their rage. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 169. 
harebrained (har'brand), a. [< hare 1 + brain 
+ -ed2. Also written, incorrectly, hairbrained.] 
Haying or indicating, as it were, no more 
brain than a hare ; giddy; heedless; reckless; 
wild. 
O painted fooles, whose hairbrainde heades must haue 
More clothes attones than might become a king. 
Oaecoigne, Steele Glas (ed. Arber), p. 70. 
Grave and wise persons . . . are extremely less affected 
with lust and loves than the hare-brained boy. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 718. 
The hare-brained chatter of a few political babblers. 
C. ttarmn. Gates of Herat, v. 
harebrainedly (har'brand-li), adv. In a giddy, 
wild, or heedless manner. 
Fansie (quoth he) farewell, whose badge I long did beare, 
And in my hat full harebrayndly thy flowers did I weare. 
dlascoigne, Fruit of Fetters. 
harebur (har'ber), n. The burdock, Arctium 
Zappa. See burdock. 
harecopt, n. See horecop. 
hareem, n. Same as harem. 
hare-eyed (har'ld), a. Watchful ; fearful. 
Relentless Rigor, and Confusion faint, 
Frantic Distemper, and hare-eyed Unrest, 
And short-breathed Thirst, with ever-burning breast. 
Chapman, Death of Prince Henry. 
harefoot (har'fut), n. [< ME. harefot (defs. 1 
and 5 ()) (= Sw. harefot = Dan. harefod, 
harefoot); < hare 1 + foot. Cf. hare's-foot.'] 
1. The foot of a hare; a foot resembling a 
hare's foot. 
And hence a third proverb, Betty, since you are an ad- 
mirer of proverbs : Better a hare-foot than none at all ; 
that is to say, than not to be able to walk. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, II. 118. 
2f. A swift-footed person. 
Harald, Godwyne sone 
He was cleped Harefot, for he was urnare god (a good run- 
ner l- Chronicle ofEng., 1. 897. 
2720 
3. The ptarmigan, or any species of the genus 
Lagopus: so called because the densely feather- 
ed feet resemble those of the hare. See first 
cut under grouse. 4f. A long, narrow foot, car- 
ried forward, such as is found in some dogs. 
V. Shaw, Book of the Dog. 6. In hot. : (n) 
Same as areus. (b) Same as hare's-foot, 1. 
hare-footed (har'fut"ed), a. Having densely 
furry or feathery feet, like those of a hare : an 
epithet of the ptarmigan. 
hare-hearted (har'har'ted), a. Timorous, like 
a hare ; easily frightened. 
harehound (har'hound), . A hound for hunt- 
ing hares ; a greyhound. Chalmers. [Rare.] 
hare-kangaroo (har'kang-ga-rB'"), . A small 
kangaroo of the genus Lagbrchestes, so called 
from its resemblance to a hare in size and color, 
Hare-kangaroo ( Lagorckestes ftirsutus). 
and to some extent in habits. These animals 
live on open plains and construct forms in the 
herbage. There are several species. 
hareld (har'eld), n. [< Harelda.'] A duck of 
the genus Harelda, more fully called northern 
hareld. 
Harelda (ha-rel'da), . [NL. (Leach, 1816) ; also 
Haratda ; a miswriting or misprint for Havelda, 
< Icel. hdvella (so given by Haldorsen, but 
rather Norw.) = Norw. havella, dial, also haval, 
liavold (Aasen) = ODan. havelde (other Scand. 
forms are cited: haella, 7m07d, etc., a sea-duck 
(see def.)); appar. < Icel. Sw. haf, Dan. Norw. 
hav, the sea (see haaf, haff, haven) ; the second 
element is perhaps a corruption of Icel. ond 
(and-) = Dan. and, etc., duck : see drake 1 .] A 
genus of sea-ducks, of the family Anatidai and 
Male Oitiwitc ^Hartldn glacidlis). 
Left-hand figure shows summer plumage, and right-hand figure 
winter plumage. 
subfamily Fuligulinai, having in the male a cu- 
neate tail with the central rectrices long-ex- 
serted. The only species is //. glacialis, the long-tailed 
duck, a very common bird of the northern hemisphere, 
also called oldinfe, old-squaw, and smith-southerly. The 
genus has also been named Pagonetta, Crymonessa, and 
Melonetta. 
harelip (har'lip'), n. 1. A congenital fissure or 
vertical division of the upper lip: so called from 
its supposed resemblance to the lip of a hare. 
The cleft is occasionally double, there being a little lobe or 
portion of the lip situated between the two fissures. It 
is surgically treated by smoothly paring the opposite 
edges of the fissure, and maintaining them in accurate 
apposition by a twisted suture until they have united. 
This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet. He begins at 
curfew, and walks till the first cock. He ... squints 
the eye and makes the hare-lip. Shak., Lear, iii. 4. 
2. The hare-lipped sucker, Quassilabia lacera, 
a catostomid fish remarkable for the conforma- 
tion of the mouth, which suggests a harelip. The 
upper lip is not protractile, but is greatly enlarged, and 
the lower lip is divided into two separate lobes. It is 
abundant in the Scioto and a few other rivers in the Ohio 
valley and southward. 
harelipped (har'lipt), a. Having a harelip. 
harem (ha'rem or ha'rem), n. [Also haram; < 
Turk, harem, < Ar. haram, anything forbidden, 
a sacred place or thing, in particular women's 
apartments, women, allied to Ar. harma, a 
harestane 
lady (pi. harim; el Imrim, the female sex, 
whence the occasional E. form harim, hareem), 
< harama, prohibit, forbid.] 1. In Turkey, 
Egypt, Syria, etc., the part of a dwelling-house, 
including an inclosed courtyard, appropriated 
to the female members of a Mohammedan fam- 
ily, and so constructed as to secure the utmost 
seclusion and privacy. In India the correspond- 
ing chambers, offices, and inclosure are called 
the zenana. 
This Duke here, and in other seralios (or Haranu, as 
the Persians term them) has above 300 concubines. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 139. 
2. Collectively, the occupants of a harem, con- 
sisting in a Mohammedan family of the wife, 
or wives (usually to the number or four), female 
relatives of the husband, female slaves or con- 
cubines, and sometimes eunuchs as guardians 
and attendants. 
Seraglios sing, and harems dance for Joy. 
Cowper, Anti-Thelypthora, 1. 108. 
3. A sacred place; either of the holy cities 
Mecca and Medina, called the two harems, as 
places prohibited to infidels. [Bare.] 
hare-madt (har'mad), a. Mad as a March hare. 
See hare 1 . 
O, here's a day of toil well pass'd over, 
Able to make a citizen hare-mad t 
Middleton, Chaste Maid, iii. 2. 
harengiform (ha-ren'ji-form), a. [< NL. ha- 
rengus, herring, -I- L. forma, shape.] Shaped 
like a herring: a term now more restricted in 
meaning than clupeiform. 
harengus (ha-reng'gus), . [ML. and NL., < 
OF. hareng, < OHGK harinc, herine = AS. ha;- 
ring, E. herring, q. v.] 1. A herring. 2. [cap.] 
An Aldrovandine genus of herrings. See Clu- 
pea. 
hare-pipet (har'pip), n. [ME. harepype, > AF. 
harepipe.] A snare for catching hares. Halli- 
well. 
The next tyme thou shal be take ; 
I have a hare pype in my purse. 
That shall be set, Watte, for thi sake. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, t. 110. 
hare's-bane (haiz'ban), n. Same as wolfs-bane. 
hare's-beard (harz'berd), . The great mul- 
len, Terbascnm Thapsus. See mullen. 
hare's-colewort (harz'kol'wert), n. Same as 
hare's-lettuce. 
hare's-ear (harz'er), . 1. A European um- 
belliferous plant, Bupleurum rotundifolium, 
having alternate perfoliate leaves, the auricled 
base closing round the stem. Also called 
thoroughwax. 2. A plant of the cruciferous 
genus Conringia, of either of the species C. Aus- 
triacum and C. orientale, having similar auric- 
ulate leaves Bastard hare's-ear, Phyllis nobla, a 
native of the Canary Islands, belonging to the Kubiacea. 
hare's-foot (harz'fut), n. 1. The hare's-foot 
trefoil, or rabbit-foot clover, Trifolium arvense. 
Also called harefoot. 2. A tree, Ochroma La- 
gopus, belonging to the natural order Malvacea, 
a native of tropical America, the wood of 
which is very light, and therefore well adapted 
for rafts, boats, etc. It derives its name from the 
silk-cotton of the seeds, which protrudes from the open- 
ings in the large fruit after dehiscence, and resembles the 
foot of a hare. This cotton is used in stuffing cushions and 
pillows. Hare'8-fOOt fern, a fern (Damllia Canarietisis) 
inhabiting the Canary and Madeira islands, and also found 
on the adjacent mainland of both Africa and Europe. The 
name is said to refer to its scaly, creeping rhizomes. The 
fronds are broadly triangular, from 8 to 15 inches in length, 
twice- orthrice-pinnate, the pinnules cut in to narrow lobes. 
The indusium is whitish, and deeply half cup-shaped. In 
Australia this name is given to D. pyxidata. See liumllia. 
Hare's-foot trefoil or clover. See clover, i. 
hare's-lettuce (harz'let"is), n. A composite 
plant, Sonchus oleraceus, better known as sow- 
thistle, a favorite food of hares. Also called 
hare's-colewort, hare's-palace, and hare-thistle. 
See Sonchus and sow-thistle. 
hare's-palace (harz'pal"as), . Same as hare's- 
lettuce. 
hare's-parsley (harz'pars"li), . An umbel- 
liferous plant, Anthriseus sylvestris, common 
in Europe. 
hare's-tail (harz'tal), . 1. A species of cot- 
ton-grass, Eriophorum vaglnattim, common in 
Europe and North America. It belongs to the natu- 
ral order Cyperacece, and is related to the club-rushes and 
bulrushes ; but the bristles of the perianth are numerous, 
and become elongated in the mature fruit into fibers like 
those of cotton, which in this species are white, and form 
a ball or dense tuft which has been compared to the tail 
of a hare. See cotton-grass and Eriophorum. Also called 
hare's-tail rugh. 
2. The hare's-tail grass (which see, under grass). 
Hare's-tail rush. See def. 1, above. 
harestane (har'stan), . A memorial stone, 
or a stone marking a boundary; a hoarstone: 
