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harp·ing iron
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Harping Ironnoun
A bearded dart with a line fastened to the handle, with which whales are struck and caught.
Etymology: from harpago, Latin.
The boat which on the first assault did go,
Struck with a harping iron the younger foe;
Who, when he felt his side so rudely gor’d,
Loud as the sea that nourish’d him he roar’d. Edmund Waller.
Webster Dictionary
Harping iron
a harpoon
Etymology: [F. harper to grasp strongly. See Harpoon.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of harping iron in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of harping iron in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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