Harvest

[A.S. hærefest, harfest; L. Ger. harfst; D. herfst; Ger. herbst; Icel. haust, probably from Gr. harpizō, to pluck or gather fruit, from karpos, fruit.] The season of reaping and gathering in the fruits of the earth. (See REAPING.) - The ripe corn or grain, collected and secured in barns or stacks. "Such seed he sows, such harvest shall he find." - Dryden. -The product of labor; fruit or fruits; grain. "Let us the harvest of our labour eat." - Dryden. -v. a. To reap or gather ripe corn and other fruits of the earth, for the use of man and beast. Harvest-bug, n. (Zool.) See TRONIBIDIUM. Harvester, n. One who harvests, or gathers in the ripe crops. Harvest-fly, n. (Zool.) See CICADA. Har'vest-home, n. The time of harvest. "At harvest-home, and on the shearing-day." - Dryden -The song sung by reapers and harvesters, and the feast given when the harvest has been gathered in; or, the feast itself. "Come, my boys, come, And merrily roar out harvest-home." - Dryden. -The opportunity of collecting treasure. - Shaks . Harvesting, n. The operation of pulling, cutting, rooting up, or gathering field-crops, and drying or otherwise preparing them for being stored for winter use. The first harvest which occurs in this and similar climates is that of the forage gra es , or other plants made into hay; the next is the harvest of cereal gra es , or of corn-crops; and the third the potato harvest , or harvest of root-crops, such as potatoes, carrots, turnips, mangold-wurzel, . There is also the harvest of occasional crops; such as that of hops, rape-seed, turnip-seed, dyer's wood, hemp, flax, peaches, and various other products.