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ˈharvestman
1. A labourer in the harvest-field; a reaper; esp. one who leaves home to obtain harvest work.
1552Huloet, Haruest man, messor. 1611Bible Isa. xvii. 5 And it shall bee as when the haruest-man gathereth the corne. 1774Johnson Diary 4 Sept. in Boswell, I saw the harvest-men very decently dressed. 1894Times 14 Aug. 15/1 It can hardly be said that the weather of last week was on the side of the harvestman.
2. A name given to certain insects which abound in the fields in harvest-time; esp. a long-legged spider of the family Phalangidæ.
1830Withering's Brit. Plants II. 85 note, Among the almost infinite variety of insects which haunt Grasses..is the Gryllus viridissimus..in Devonshire called the Harvest⁓man from the season of its appearance. 1847Carpenter Zool. §765 The Phalangidæ, or Harvest-men, have two thread-like palpi, terminated by a small hook. 1872Riley Rep. Nox. Ins. 17 These animals are popularly called ‘Grand-Daddy-Long-Legs’ in this country, but are also known as ‘Harvest men’ and ‘Grandfather-Gray-Beards’. |