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Harness   /hˈɑrnəs/  /hˈɑrnɪs/   Listen
Harness

noun
1.
A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute).
2.
Stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart.
verb
(past & past part. harnessed; pres. part. harnessing)
1.
Put a harness.  Synonym: tackle.  Antonym: unharness.
2.
Exploit the power of.
3.
Control and direct with or as if by reins.  Synonyms: draw rein, rein, rein in.
4.
Keep in check.  Synonyms: rein, rule.



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"Harness" Quotes from Famous Books



... Its numerous attractions were no attractions to me. I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow. I have no fondness for chickens—unless they are tender and well-cooked. Like the man in parable, I cannot dig. I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them. ...
— Laicus - The experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish • Lyman Abbott
... it must be allowed, a come-down from such beautiful fancies, to have to hurry back to the farm to harness old Dapple and jog off to the station with the milk. For even on Sundays people can't ...
— Great Uncle Hoot-Toot • Mrs. Molesworth
... the same oaths, at just as extravagant suppers, with mistresses of just the same caliber.[3316] Had their temperament, character and genius been indomitable, had they reared and pranced to escape bridle and harness and been driven like ordinary men, they need not have broken out of the traces for all that; there were plenty of openings and issues for them on either side of the highway on which others were trotting along. Many families often contained, among numerous children, some hot-headed, imaginative ...
— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5 (of 6) - The Modern Regime, Volume 1 (of 2)(Napoleon I.) • Hippolyte A. Taine
... frost commenced in earnest, and I prepared to settle down for the winter. There were improvements to be made to the granary, implements, harness, and stables, in anticipation of the coming year's campaign, besides alterations in the house; for I felt that many things might happen before next autumn, and I desired that Fairmead should be more nearly ready if wanted ...
— Lorimer of the Northwest • Harold Bindloss
... proud looks lose hearts, and gentle words win them. It is not wearing fine clothes; for such dressing tells the world that the outside is the better part of the man. You cannot judge a horse by his harness; but a modest, gentlemanly appearance, in which the dress is such as no one could comment upon, is the right ...
— Pearls of Thought • Maturin M. Ballou


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