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harborow

harborow is the obsolete form of harbor.

Meaning of harbor

Noun

harbor (countable and uncountable, plural harbors)

  1. (US, countable) Any place of shelter.
    • The neighborhood is a well-known harbor for petty thieves.
  2. (US, countable) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
    • [T]here aboutes dwelt greate multitudes of people half wilde, hiding thẽſelues in caues of the grounde, of ſmall ſtature, and very fearefull, for as ſoone as they ſawe them they fled into their holes, and that there was a great riuer and very good harborough.1582, Nicolas [i.e., Nicolo] Zeno; Antonio Zeno, “The Discouerie of the Isles of Frisland, Iseland, Engroueland, Estotiland, Drogeo and Icaria, Made by M. Nicolas Zeno, Knight, and M. Antonio His...
  3. (US, countable) A mixing box for materials.
  4. (US, countable, obsolete) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  5. (US, obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.

See all 11 meanings of harbor

Forms of harborow

Noun
pluralharborows
Verb
third-person singular presentharborows
present participleharborowing
past participleharborowed
pastharborowed

Questions about harborow

What is harborow the obsolete form of?
Harborow is the obsolete form of harbor.

Words near harborow in the dictionary

  1. Harborne
  2. harborough
  3. Harborough Magna
  4. harboroughs
  5. harborous
  6. harborow
  7. harborows
  8. harbors
  9. harbors of refuge
  10. harborscape
  11. harborscapes

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