(usually in the plural) A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

(transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.

Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

Alternative form of hard-and-fast

(idiomatic, of rules, etc) strictly maintained

(degree) Barely, only just, almost not. / (now rare) With difficulty. / (manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner. / (manner, obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.

Not really.

guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory / (idiomatic) hardheaded, stubborn / (of a person) tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.