Harvest

här′vest, n. the time of gathering in the ripened crops: the crops gathered in: fruits: the product of any labour: consequences.— v.t. to reap and gather in.— ns. Har′vest-bug , - louse , - tick , a mite or tick of minute size, abundant late in summer, and very troublesome to people with delicate skins; Har′vester , a reaper in harvests; Har′vest-feast , the feast made at the ingathering of harvest; Har′vest-field , a field where a harvest is or has been; Har′vest-fly , in U.S. the popular name for a species of cicada; Har′vest-home , the bringing home of the harvest: the feast held at the bringing home of the harvest; Har′vest-lord , the head-reaper at the harvest; Har′vest-man ( B. ), a labourer in harvest; Har′vest-moon , the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, rising nearly at the same hour for several days; Har′vest-mouse , a very small species of mouse, building its nest in the stalks of growing corn; Har′vest-queen , an image of Ceres, the queen or godde of fruits, in ancient times carried about on the last day of harvest. [A.S. hærfest ; Ger. herbs t, Dut. herfst .]