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† ˈharborous, a. Obs.
Also 6 herber-, herbo(u)r-, harber-, harbour-, etc.
[f. harbour n.1, after words in -ous from French, e.g. humorous.]
1. Affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality.
1526Tindale 1 Tim. iii. 2 A bishoppe must be..honestly aparelled, harberous, apt to teache. ― 1 Pet. iv. 9 Be ye herbrous and that without grudginge. 1550Bale Apol. 38 An other sorte promyseth their howse to be herbourouse to the howsehold of fayth. a1613Overbury Observ. France Wks. (1856) 237 Their nature, which is easie and harborous to strangers. 1632Vicars Virg. æneid 72 In this kinde harb'rous town.
2. Furnished with harbours or havens for ships.
[1589Fleming Virg. Georg. iii. 49 That water at the first Was harborous to brode wide ships, now harborous to wains.] 1612Drayton Poly-olb. i. 5 Her haven angled so about her harbrous sound. 1641Heylin Help to Hist. (1671) 266 A Countrey harborous on either side with commodious Havens. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. ii. vii. (1852) 397 This is a well known sea, called Euxine, or harborous. |