n. [ OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm, G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav. & Russ. sram' shame, Skr. çrama toil, fatigue. ] 1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss. [ 1913 Webster ]

We, ignorant of ourselves,
Beg often our own harms. Shak.

Syn. -- Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See Mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harmed p. pr. & vb. n. Harming. ] [ OE. harmen, AS. hearmian. See Harm, n. ] To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though yet he never harmed me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No ground of enmity between us known
Why he should mean me ill or seek to harm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. harmaline See Harmel. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the plant Peganum harmala. It forms bitter, yellow salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. harmattan, prob. of Arabic origin. ] A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. harmal. ] (Bot.) A kind of rue (Ruta sylvestris) growing in India. At Lahore the seeds are used medicinally and for fumigation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. “ Most harmful hazards.” Strype.

--Harm"ful*ly, adv. -- Harm"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ See Harmaline. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. “ The harmless deer.” Drayton

Syn. -- Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.

--Harm"less*ly, adv.- Harm"less*ness, n.

n. (Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fem. fr. L. harmonicus harmonic. See Harmonic, n. ] 1. A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones; it is now called the glass harmonica, to distinguish it from the common harmonica, formerly called the harmonicon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small wind musical instrument shaped like a flat bar with holes along the thin edges, held in the hand and producing notes from multiple vibrating reeds arranged inside along its length; it was formerly called the harmonicon. See harmonicon. [ PJC ]