I knew by these harbingers who were coming.

Landor.

Har"bin*ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered (-jrd); p. pr. & vb. n.

Harbingering.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of

religious freedom harbinger the day." Bancroft.

Har"bor (-br), n. [Written also harbour.] [OE. herbor, herberwe,

herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for

soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here

army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save,

shelter, defend, G. bergen. See Harry, 2d Bury, and cf. Harbinger.] 1.

A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort;

a refuge; a shelter.

[A grove] fair harbour that them seems.

Spenser.

For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.

Dryden.

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