harshadj.

Brit.

/hɑːʃ/, U.S.

/hɑrʃ/

Forms: Middle English–1500s harsk, Middle English arsk, Middle English harske, hars, 1500s harse, harshe, har(r)ysh(e, 1500s–1600s harrish, 1500s– harsh.

Etymology: Middle English harsk , a northern word, found from c1300, agrees in form (but hardly in sense) with Old Swedish harsk , Swedish härsk , Danish harsk rank, rancid, rusty (as bacon), not recorded in Old Norse; also in form and sense with Middle Low German and modern German harsch harsh, rough. As a general English word, harsh (harrish ) is not found before 16th cent. There is a northern by-form hask n.Ulterior etymology obscure: conjectured to be a derivative in -sk, -sh, of hard (quasi hardsk), or of the root har- in harm.

1. Disagreeably hard and rough to the touch; coarse in texture; rugged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough

unsmeetheOE

sharpc893

rowOE

reofOE

roughOE

unplaina1393

harsha1400

scrofc1400

stourc1400

ruggyc1405

asperous1547

harshy1582

shagged1589

horrid1590

unsmooth1598

gross1606

asperate1623

brute1627

scabbed1630

sleazy1644

rasping1656

scaber1657

asper1681

shaggy1693

gruff1697

grating1766

hackly1794

ruvid1837

scrubby1856

unkind1866

raspy1882

ruckly1923

sandpapery1957

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21343 Leon dantand harsk and herd.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1084 Harske as a hundefisch..So was þe hyde of þat hulke hally al over!

c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 278 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 231 In-to arsk hare he wes clede.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. x. 9 Amang buskis harsk.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 36 A kinde of harsh haire like goates.

1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Dij Our spokes beene blunt rude harrish uncooth.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §516 The Pith and the Kernel..are both of a harsh substance.

1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xl. 549 An old Horse's Mouth being naturally harsh and thin of Flesh upon the Roof.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) iv. 85 Volcanic ash and dust feel harsh to the finger.

2. Repugnant or unpleasant to other bodily senses.

a. Unpleasantly rough to the taste; astringent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > astringent

stypticc1400

austere?a1425

Pontic?a1425

harshc1440

styptical1528

unmild1566

stringent1605

styptive1640

restringent1683

subastringent1788

puckery1833

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 228/2 Harske, or haske, as sundry frutys (P. hars, or harske).

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. vii. 20 b [Grapes] which are in taste bytter or harryshe.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Aij^v This fruict..maie perhaps in the first tasting, seme somewhat rough, and harshe in the mouth.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §40 Such Astriction is found in Things of an Harrish Tast.

1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 20 in Justa Edouardo King I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.

1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 139 The water..is so harsh that it cannot be drunk.

1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vii. 280 Black Oxide of Mercury..is..of a harsh taste.

b. Disagreeably rough to the ear; jarring, discordant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective]

hardOE

rudea1375

stern1390

rougha1400

discordanta1425

stoutc1440

hoarse1513

harsh1530

raughtish1567

rugged1567

dissonant1573

harshy1582

jarry1582

immelodious1601

cragged1605

raggeda1616

unmusicala1616

absonousa1620

unharmoniousa1634

inharmonical1683

unharmonic1694

inharmonious1715

craggy1774

pebbly1793

reedy1795

iron1807

dry1819

inharmonic1828

asperated1835

sawing1851

shrewd1876

coarse1879

callithumpian1886

dissonantal1946

ear-bending1946

sandpaper1953

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound

hoarsec1369

ganglinga1398

roughlyc1400

rauk?a1425

rustyc1430

hask?1440

savagea1450

raw1474

hoar?a1505

harsh1530

untunable1545

jarring1552

jarry1582

barking1589

absonant1600

wrangling1608

raucous1615

asper1626

streperous1637

scrannel1638

caterwaulinga1652

unmelodious1665

jangling1667

latrant1702

untuneful1709

raucid1730

unharmonious1742

unmelodized1771

unmelodic1823

raucal1826

rauque1845

raspish1847

serratic1859

jangled1874

jangly1891

amelodic1937

1530 [implied in: J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 15 To avoyde all maner harshenesse..whan many consonantes come betwene the vowelles. (at harshness n.)].

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 49 He was harrish of voyce, but yet eloquent.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxvii. 58 Certaine harsh and vnpleasant discords.

1645 J. Milton At Solemn Musick in Poems 23 And with harsh din Broke the fair musick.

1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 65 The Men have a harsh Language, and speak ratling in the Throat.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 217 Loud and harsh as the scream of the peacock.

1892 W. Minto in Bookman Nov. 56/2 They are the only harsh notes in a volume of delightful verse.

c. Of rough aspect; unpleasing or inharmonious to the eye; forbidding.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > severe or harsh in aspect

harsh1774

stern1823

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 200 His face tanned, and all his lineaments..harsh and blackened by the sun.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 141 The red glare of the fires upon these wild groups and harsh faces.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 177 The energy and harsh proportions, sometimes reaching the height of caricature..in the bronze and terra-cotta figures.

1894 E. L. Wilson Cycl. Photogr. 179 A picture without half tones is harsh.

d. Disagreeable or forbidding in general physical effect; attended with discomfort; rough, rude.

ΚΠ

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 422 The Kirgessen..Iteseliti, harsh names of harsher people in those most harsh and horrid desarts.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. ii The Physician..prescribes harsh Remedies to an inveterate Disease.

1841 G. P. R. James Brigand ii The harsh and boisterous state of the weather.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxi. 211 A cache of meat deposited..in this harsh wilderness.

3. Repugnant or roughly offensive to the feelings; severe, rigorous, cruel, rude, rough, unfeeling.

a. Of actions, systems, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adjective]

unmildeOE

unmeekc1175

unkindc1325

dure1412

roughc1415

foula1500

harsh1579

untender1608

unsoftened1645

kindless1659

unkind-hearted1760

uncannya1774

unkindly1787

unbeneficent1822

bad-blooded1842

half-hearted1864

brash1868

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective]

heavyc825

retheeOE

stithc897

hardeOE

starkOE

sternOE

dangerous?c1225

sharp?c1225

unsoftc1275

sturdy1297

asperc1374

austerec1384

shrewda1387

snella1400

sternful?a1400

dour?a1425

thrallc1430

piquant1521

tetrical1528

tetric1533

sorea1535

rugged?1548

severe1548

iron1574

harsh1579

strict1600

angry1650

Catonian1676

Draconic1708

tetricous1727

alkaline1789

acerbic1853

stiff1856

acerbate1869

acerbitous1870

Draconian1876

Catonic1883

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 648 His speeche was not harsh nor churlishe, but very mylde, and pleasaunt, as appeareth by the letters he wrote.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 289 It can neuer be, They will digest this harsh indignitie.

1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. iii. sig. D6^v Whatever Crime's the Cause Of this harsh sentence.

1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 21 Aug. (1965) I. 10 Repent of your harsh censure.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 90 Under the harsh administration of Laud.

b. Of persons.

ΚΠ

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn5^v The very shining force of excellent vertue, though in a very harrish subiect.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 122 Not on thy soule: but on thy soule harsh Iew thou makst thy knife keene.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 266 As conquerors, they have imitated the policy of the harshest of that harsh race.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 109 He is a harsh master to his servants.

4. Repugnant to the understanding or taste; grating upon the mind or æsthetic faculty; strained, forced; lacking smoothness, unpleasing, ungraceful.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > harsh

rough?1520

scabrousa1585

harsh1594

unsmooth1610

unsmoothed1614

truculent1850

abrasive1861

gritty1882

1594 Willobie his Auisa To Rdr. sig. A2^v Easie to be vnderstood, without harrish absurdity.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia Pref. 1 Though the beginning may seeme harsh..a pleasanter Discourse ensues.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §38 It sounds very harsh to say we eat and drink ideas.

1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. 130 No harsh transitions Nature knows.

1897 B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt Λόγια Ἰησοῦ iii. 10 An accusative after νηστεύειν, ‘fast to the world’ is very harsh.

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic.

harsh-featured adj.

ΚΠ

1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. Pref. p. xii Uncouth shapes, Harsh-featured..rude of limb.

harsh-mannered adj.

harsh-syllabled adj.

harsh-tongued adj.

ΚΠ

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 30 Harsh-tongued! thou ever dost suspect me.

harsh-voiced adj.

ΚΠ

1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 73 Wisdom is not harsh-voiced.

C2. Adverbial.

harsh-blustering adj.

harsh-echoing adj.

ΚΠ

1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 155 Thy threat'ning voice, Harsh-echoing from the hills.

harsh-grating adj.

ΚΠ

1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 128 Bars harsh-grating.

harsh-resounding adj.

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 129 With harsh resounding trumpets dreadfull bray.

harsh-sounding adj.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 150 In rude harsh sounding rimes.

C3.

† harsh-weed n. Obsolete a name for Knapweed, Centaurea Scabiosa (Sir J. Hill Herb. Brit. 1760).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	harsh
释义	harshadj. Brit. /hɑːʃ/, U.S. /hɑrʃ/ Forms: Middle English–1500s harsk, Middle English arsk, Middle English harske, hars, 1500s harse, harshe, har(r)ysh(e, 1500s–1600s harrish, 1500s– harsh. Etymology: Middle English harsk , a northern word, found from c1300, agrees in form (but hardly in sense) with Old Swedish harsk , Swedish härsk , Danish harsk rank, rancid, rusty (as bacon), not recorded in Old Norse; also in form and sense with Middle Low German and modern German harsch harsh, rough. As a general English word, harsh (harrish ) is not found before 16th cent. There is a northern by-form hask n.Ulterior etymology obscure: conjectured to be a derivative in -sk, -sh, of hard (quasi hardsk), or of the root har- in harm. 1. Disagreeably hard and rough to the touch; coarse in texture; rugged. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough unsmeetheOE sharpc893 rowOE reofOE roughOE unplaina1393 harsha1400 scrofc1400 stourc1400 ruggyc1405 asperous1547 harshy1582 shagged1589 horrid1590 unsmooth1598 gross1606 asperate1623 brute1627 scabbed1630 sleazy1644 rasping1656 scaber1657 asper1681 shaggy1693 gruff1697 grating1766 hackly1794 ruvid1837 scrubby1856 unkind1866 raspy1882 ruckly1923 sandpapery1957 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21343 Leon dantand harsk and herd. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1084 Harske as a hundefisch..So was þe hyde of þat hulke hally al over! c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 278 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 231 In-to arsk hare he wes clede. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. x. 9 Amang buskis harsk. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 36 A kinde of harsh haire like goates. 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Dij Our spokes beene blunt rude harrish uncooth. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §516 The Pith and the Kernel..are both of a harsh substance. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xl. 549 An old Horse's Mouth being naturally harsh and thin of Flesh upon the Roof. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) iv. 85 Volcanic ash and dust feel harsh to the finger. 2. Repugnant or unpleasant to other bodily senses. a. Unpleasantly rough to the taste; astringent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > astringent stypticc1400 austere?a1425 Pontic?a1425 harshc1440 styptical1528 unmild1566 stringent1605 styptive1640 restringent1683 subastringent1788 puckery1833 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 228/2 Harske, or haske, as sundry frutys (P. hars, or harske). 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. vii. 20 b [Grapes] which are in taste bytter or harryshe. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Aij^v This fruict..maie perhaps in the first tasting, seme somewhat rough, and harshe in the mouth. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §40 Such Astriction is found in Things of an Harrish Tast. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 20 in Justa Edouardo King I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 139 The water..is so harsh that it cannot be drunk. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vii. 280 Black Oxide of Mercury..is..of a harsh taste. b. Disagreeably rough to the ear; jarring, discordant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] hardOE rudea1375 stern1390 rougha1400 discordanta1425 stoutc1440 hoarse1513 harsh1530 raughtish1567 rugged1567 dissonant1573 harshy1582 jarry1582 immelodious1601 cragged1605 raggeda1616 unmusicala1616 absonousa1620 unharmoniousa1634 inharmonical1683 unharmonic1694 inharmonious1715 craggy1774 pebbly1793 reedy1795 iron1807 dry1819 inharmonic1828 asperated1835 sawing1851 shrewd1876 coarse1879 callithumpian1886 dissonantal1946 ear-bending1946 sandpaper1953 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound hoarsec1369 ganglinga1398 roughlyc1400 rauk?a1425 rustyc1430 hask?1440 savagea1450 raw1474 hoar?a1505 harsh1530 untunable1545 jarring1552 jarry1582 barking1589 absonant1600 wrangling1608 raucous1615 asper1626 streperous1637 scrannel1638 caterwaulinga1652 unmelodious1665 jangling1667 latrant1702 untuneful1709 raucid1730 unharmonious1742 unmelodized1771 unmelodic1823 raucal1826 rauque1845 raspish1847 serratic1859 jangled1874 jangly1891 amelodic1937 1530 [implied in: J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 15 To avoyde all maner harshenesse..whan many consonantes come betwene the vowelles. (at harshness n.)]. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 49 He was harrish of voyce, but yet eloquent. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxvii. 58 Certaine harsh and vnpleasant discords. 1645 J. Milton At Solemn Musick in Poems 23 And with harsh din Broke the fair musick. 1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) i. 65 The Men have a harsh Language, and speak ratling in the Throat. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 217 Loud and harsh as the scream of the peacock. 1892 W. Minto in Bookman Nov. 56/2 They are the only harsh notes in a volume of delightful verse. c. Of rough aspect; unpleasing or inharmonious to the eye; forbidding. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > severe or harsh in aspect harsh1774 stern1823 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 200 His face tanned, and all his lineaments..harsh and blackened by the sun. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. 141 The red glare of the fires upon these wild groups and harsh faces. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 177 The energy and harsh proportions, sometimes reaching the height of caricature..in the bronze and terra-cotta figures. 1894 E. L. Wilson Cycl. Photogr. 179 A picture without half tones is harsh. d. Disagreeable or forbidding in general physical effect; attended with discomfort; rough, rude. ΚΠ 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 422 The Kirgessen..Iteseliti, harsh names of harsher people in those most harsh and horrid desarts. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. ii The Physician..prescribes harsh Remedies to an inveterate Disease. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand ii The harsh and boisterous state of the weather. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxi. 211 A cache of meat deposited..in this harsh wilderness. 3. Repugnant or roughly offensive to the feelings; severe, rigorous, cruel, rude, rough, unfeeling. a. Of actions, systems, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adjective] unmildeOE unmeekc1175 unkindc1325 dure1412 roughc1415 foula1500 harsh1579 untender1608 unsoftened1645 kindless1659 unkind-hearted1760 uncannya1774 unkindly1787 unbeneficent1822 bad-blooded1842 half-hearted1864 brash1868 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective] heavyc825 retheeOE stithc897 hardeOE starkOE sternOE dangerous?c1225 sharp?c1225 unsoftc1275 sturdy1297 asperc1374 austerec1384 shrewda1387 snella1400 sternful?a1400 dour?a1425 thrallc1430 piquant1521 tetrical1528 tetric1533 sorea1535 rugged?1548 severe1548 iron1574 harsh1579 strict1600 angry1650 Catonian1676 Draconic1708 tetricous1727 alkaline1789 acerbic1853 stiff1856 acerbate1869 acerbitous1870 Draconian1876 Catonic1883 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 648 His speeche was not harsh nor churlishe, but very mylde, and pleasaunt, as appeareth by the letters he wrote. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 289 It can neuer be, They will digest this harsh indignitie. View more context for this quotation 1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. iii. sig. D6^v Whatever Crime's the Cause Of this harsh sentence. 1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 21 Aug. (1965) I. 10 Repent of your harsh censure. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 90 Under the harsh administration of Laud. b. Of persons. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Nn5^v The very shining force of excellent vertue, though in a very harrish subiect. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 122 Not on thy soule: but on thy soule harsh Iew thou makst thy knife keene. View more context for this quotation 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 266 As conquerors, they have imitated the policy of the harshest of that harsh race. View more context for this quotation 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 109 He is a harsh master to his servants. 4. Repugnant to the understanding or taste; grating upon the mind or æsthetic faculty; strained, forced; lacking smoothness, unpleasing, ungraceful. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > harsh rough?1520 scabrousa1585 harsh1594 unsmooth1610 unsmoothed1614 truculent1850 abrasive1861 gritty1882 1594 Willobie his Auisa To Rdr. sig. A2^v Easie to be vnderstood, without harrish absurdity. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia Pref. 1 Though the beginning may seeme harsh..a pleasanter Discourse ensues. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §38 It sounds very harsh to say we eat and drink ideas. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. 130 No harsh transitions Nature knows. 1897 B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt Λόγια Ἰησοῦ iii. 10 An accusative after νηστεύειν, ‘fast to the world’ is very harsh. Compounds C1. Parasynthetic. harsh-featured adj. ΚΠ 1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. Pref. p. xii Uncouth shapes, Harsh-featured..rude of limb. harsh-mannered adj. harsh-syllabled adj. harsh-tongued adj. ΚΠ 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 30 Harsh-tongued! thou ever dost suspect me. harsh-voiced adj. ΚΠ 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 73 Wisdom is not harsh-voiced. C2. Adverbial. harsh-blustering adj. harsh-echoing adj. ΚΠ 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 155 Thy threat'ning voice, Harsh-echoing from the hills. harsh-grating adj. ΚΠ 1729 R. Savage Wanderer v. 128 Bars harsh-grating. harsh-resounding adj. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 129 With harsh resounding trumpets dreadfull bray. View more context for this quotation harsh-sounding adj. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 150 In rude harsh sounding rimes. C3. † harsh-weed n. Obsolete a name for Knapweed, Centaurea Scabiosa (Sir J. Hill Herb. Brit. 1760). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). harshv. Etymology: < harsh adj. rare. †1. intransitive. To give a harsh sound; to creak. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] yerrOE discorda1398 jangle1494 missoundc1500 jara1529 jarglec1550 harsh1582 chide1594 caterwaul1621 murr1662 wrangle1816 girl1820 crank1827 saxophone1927 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 13 Gates with the metal dooe creake in shrilbated harshing. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 Al leingth with rounsefal, from stock vntruncked, yt harssheth. 2. transitive. To rub or clash roughly against. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > rub against or grind rub1566 fridge1607 grind1644 fray1884 harsh1889 1889 H. A. C. Dunn Fencing vii. 98 The defender parries tierce with a crisp tap, taking care not to harsh his blade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.a1400v.1582
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harshadj.

Compounds

harshv.