Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - harp

n. & v. --n. a large upright roughly triangular musical instrument consisting of a frame housing a graduated series of vertical strings, played by plucking with the fingers. --v.intr. 1 (foll. by on, on about) talk repeatedly and tediously about. 2 play on a harp. Phrases and idioms harp-seal a Greenland seal, Phoca groenlandica, with a harp-shaped dark mark on its back. Derivatives harper n. harpist n. Etymology: OE hearpe f. Gmc