HARP
NOUNS
1300 ► HARPING-GLEE harp music → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
..800 ► HARPER one who harps or plays upon a harp
1613 ► HARPIST a (professional player) on the harp
1814 ► HARPRESS a female harp player
1819 ► HARP-MASTER a teacher of harp playing
1852 ► HARP-MISTRESS a female teacher of harp playing
1905 ► HARPERESS a female player on the harp (Bk.)
1905 ► HARPSTER a female performer on the harp → obs. (Bk.)
VERBS
1470 ► TIRL to pluck at; to pluck at the strings of a harp or the like so as to cause them to sound → obs.
1685 ► THRUMBLE to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar or harp, by plucking the strings; to strum → obs.
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