| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To shelter, protect, defend, guard or shield.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To resort.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb harbor.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (harbor) | 1. Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "harbor a resentment".[Wordnet]. 2. Secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals).[Wordnet]. 3. Keep in one's possession; of animals.[Wordnet]. 4. Hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him".[Wordnet]. 5. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.[Websters]. 6. To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought).[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: harboring, harbored, harbors, harborer, harborers, harboringly and harboredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HARBORING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HARBORING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Entertaining; sheltering.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of harbor. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: harbor
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Apra Harbor | Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of Guam in the Mariana Islands. It serves both as a U.S. Navy station and a commercial port. (references) | ||
| Arthur Harbor | Arthur Harbor is a small harbor entered between Bonaparte Point and Norsel Point on the southwest coast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. Arthur Harbor is located at 64°46'S"64 04°W'. Arthur Harbor was roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. Arthur Harbor was surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who established a station near the head of the harbor. Arthur Harbor was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 for Oswald Raynor Arthur, then Governor of the Falkland Islands. (references) | ||
| Bairoko Harbor | Bairoko Harbor is situated along the northwestern shore of the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. (references) | ||
| Bar Harbor (CDP), Maine | Bar Harbor is a census-designated place located in Hancock County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 2,680. (references) | ||
| Bar Harbor (town), Maine | Bar Harbor is a town located in Hancock County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,820. Bar Harbor is a famous resort and upper-class summer colony in the Down East region of Maine. Technically a town, Bar Harbor lies close to the city of Ellsworth. (references) | ||
| Bar Harbor Airlines | Bar Harbor Airlines was a comparatively large, commuter airline from Bar Harbor, Maine. (references) | ||
| Battle of Sackett's Harbor | The Battle of Sackett's Harbor was fought in northwestern New York on May 29, 1813 during the War of 1812. The battle was a decisive American victory in which a combined force of American militia, regulars and sailors repulsed a British invasion against Sackett's Harbor, New York, the main shipbuilding naval base on Lake Ontario. (references) | ||
| BNSF Harbor Subdivision | The BNSF Harbor Subdivision is a historic single-track main line of the BNSF Railway which stretches 26 miles/42km between the rail yards of downtown Los Angeles and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach across southwestern Los Angeles County. It was the primary link between two of the world's busiest harbors and the transcontinental rail network. Mostly displaced with the April 15, 2002 opening of the more direct Alameda Corridor, the "Harbor Sub" takes a far more circuitous route from origin to destination, owing to its growth in segments over the decades. The subdivision was built in this fashion beginning in the early 1880s to serve the ports and the various businesses that developed along it. (references) | ||
| Bodega Harbor | Bodega Harbor is a small shallow natural harbor on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 40 mi (64 km) northwest of San Francisco. The harbor is approximately 2 square miles (5 square km) in area. (references) | ||
| Boothbay Harbor (CDP), Maine | Boothbay Harbor is a census-designated place located in Lincoln County, Maine. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 1,237. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: harbor
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Air harbor | Transportation | A landing facility for seaplanes and amphibious aircraft on a quiet body of water adjacent to a community. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Deep-Draft Harbor | Administration | A harbor designed to accommodate commercial cargo vessels having drafts greater than 15 feet (4.6 meters). (references) | |
| Fishery harbor | Building & Civil Engineering | A physical measure provided naturally by the annual flooding especially of the deltaic regions;. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Harbor defense | Military | 1: (DOD) The defense of a harbor or anchorage and its water approaches against external threats such as: a. submarine, submarine-borne, or small surface craft attack; b. enemy minelaying operations; and c. sabotage. The defense of a harbor from guided missiles while such missiles are airborne is considered to be a part of air defense. See also port security. (references) | |
| 2: The defense of a harbor or anchorage and its water approaches against external threats such as: a. submarine, submarine-borne, or small surface craft attack; b. enemy minelaying operations; and c. sabotage. The defense of a harbor from guided or dropped missiles while such missiles are airborne is considered to be a part of air defense. See also port security. (references) | |||
| Harbor facility/port facility | Transportation | Those facilities including buildings, structures, equipment, passageways, or parking areas that are located along or adjacent to a harbor or port and provide services to watercraft such as places to anchor or dock, to load or unload passengers or cargo, and to repair and store vessels. Harbor facilities/port facilities can include the following: anchorage; berth; dock; drydock; launching ramp; marina; mooring; pier; loading tramways; pump out facility; shipyard and wharf/quay. (references) | |
| Harbor Fees | Economics | Charges assessed to users for use of a harbor, used generally for maintenance of the harbor. (references) | |
| Harbor line | Energy | See Permit Line. (references) | |
| Harbor master | Energy | An officer who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a harbor. (references) | |
| Harbor master | Occupations | Directs and coordinates activities of harbor police force to ensure enforcement of laws, regulations, and policies governing navigable waters and property under jurisdiction of municipality or port district: Confers with officials, such as port authorities, Coast Guard officers, and members of city council to establish policies, define responsibilities, and determine operating requirements. Issues general instructions and outline of departmental policies regarding water-traffic control, public safety, theft prevention, and apprehension of law violators to subordinate officers and confers with them to determine operating procedures. Authorizes or approves departmental expenditures, personnel actions, and department's participation or assistance in activities not regularly assigned. Prepares periodic activity reports and annual budget. May evaluate work performance of captain and crew of ship. May direct rescue operations from patrol launch after major disaster, such as ship collision or downed aircraft. (references) | |
| Harbor resonance | Environment | The continued reflection and interference of waves from the edge of a harbor or narrow bay which can cause amplification of the wave heights, and extend the duration of wave activity from a tsunami. (references) | |
| Harbor Seal | Fisheries | Phoca vitulina. (references) | |
| LAUNCH COMMANDER, HARBOR POLICE | Occupations | Coordinates activities of crew patrolling municipal harbor to detect and apprehend criminals and render assistance to persons in distress: Directs navigation of power launch. Assigns stations and duties to crew as required by occurrences during patrol. Rescues drowning victims, recovers bodies, and attempts to prevent sinking of ships in distress. Cooperates with federal or other law enforcement officers in detection and apprehension of criminals, such as smugglers and illegal entrants. Investigates suspicious vessels and establishments in harbor area. Reports navigation hazards, faulty navigation aids, and fires or marine accidents to authorities concerned. Receives orders from and reports activities to POLICE CHIEF (government ser.) or HARBOR MASTER (government ser.), using radio or telephone. Inspects appearance and condition of vessel and crew for conformity with departmental standards. Maintains log of activities and fuel or other supplies consumed. Requisitions provisions and fuel. May participate in firefighting activities in dock area. May train crewmembers to rescue drowning victims, recover bodies, and prevent sinking of ships in distress. May be designated according to rank as Harbor-Police Captain (government ser.); Harbor-Police Lieutenant (government ser.). (references) | |
| MANAGER, HARBOR DEPARTMENT | Occupations | Manages operations of municipal harbor department or port authority: Enforces orders, rules, and regulations, concerning use and control of navigable waters, tidelands, and submerged lands within harbor. Authorizes acquisition and maintenance of water craft and erection of facilities for department. Directs assignment of berths and wharves to steamship companies. Negotiates leases for office space and warehouses. Coordinates activities of purchasing, traffic, wharfage, and accounting divisions. Analyzes reports of harbor operations to plan and develop future operations, taking into consideration such factors as economic conditions, tariff changes, and commodity movements. Prepares and submits reports and recommendations to board or authority. Prepares budget and authorizes expenditures within departments. (references) | |
| Safety harbor | Energy | An area which has been cleared of tree stumps before impoundment of the pool and in which a safe project depth is guaranteed for the mooring of vessels. First-class safety harbors are marked with orange boards. A second-class harbor has project depth only at pool stage, whereas the first class harbor maintains project depth even at drawn down winter levels of the pool. (Term peculiar to the Tennessee River.). (references) | |
| To harbor | Law | TO HARBOR, torts. 1. To receive clandestinely or without lawful authority a person for the purpose of so concealing him that another having a right to the lawful custody of such person, shall be deprived of the same; for example, the harboring of a wife or an apprentice, in order to deprive the husband or the master of them; or in a less technical sense, it is the reception of persons improperly. 10 N. H. Rep. 247; 4 Scam. 498. 2. The harboring of such persons will subject the barborer to an, action for the injury; but in order to put him completely in the wrong, a demand should be made for their restoration, for in cases where the harborer has not committed any other wrong than merely receiving the plaintiff's wife, child, or apprentice, he may be under no obligation to return them without a demand. 1 Chit. Pr. 564; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 2 N. Car. Law Repos.249; 5 How. U.S. Rep. 215, 227. (references) | |
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