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Harfang

Harfang \Har"fang\ (h[aum]r"f[a^]ng), n. [See Hare, n., and Fang.] (Zo["o]l.) The snowy owl.

Usage examples of "harfang".

This road leads to the burgh and castle of Harfang, where dwell the gentle giants.

And in Harfang you may or may not hear tidings of the City Ruinous, but certainly you shall find good lodgings and merry hosts.

Let's think about those Gentle Giants and get on to Harfang as quickly as we can.

And though you might have expected that the idea of having a good time at Harfang would have made them more cheerful, it really made them more sorry for themselves and more grumpy and snappy with each other and with Puddleglum.

But at last they reached the bottom and could see what Harfang was like.

In spite of all his previous warnings against Harfang, it was Puddleglum who showed most courage.

Let’s think about those Gentle Giants and get on to Harfang as quickly as we can.

He used to see this strange solitary being, prowling about the mine, always accompanied by a monstrous owl, which he called Harfang, who assisted him in his perilous occupation, by soaring with a lighted match to places Silfax was unable to reach.

My grandfather's companion was a ferocious bird, Harfang, of which, at first, I had a perfect horror.

At last, in a fit of ungovernable fury, he threw me down into the abyss where you found me, and disappeared, vainly calling on Harfang, which faithfully stayed by me, to follow him.

GENTLE GIANTS (SC) giants living at Harfang who plan on eating the children.