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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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H`ARNESS, n.
H`ARNESS, v.t. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman.
Originally, the complete dress, especially in
a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general,
armor.
At least we'll die with harness on our back. Shak. The equipment of a draught or carriage
horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear;
tackling.
The part of a loom comprising the heddles,
with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the
warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the
shuttle.
To die in harness, to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die while actively engaged in work or duty. To
dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to
array.
Harnessed in rugged steel. Rowe. A gay dagger, Fig.: To equip or furnish for
defense.
Dr. H. More. To make ready for draught; to equip with
harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively.
Harnessed to some regular profession. J. C. Shairp. Harnessed antelope. (Zoöl.) See Guib. -- Harnessed moth (Zoöl.), an American bombycid moth (Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground. | ||||||||