Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made of coarse linen.
- noun A very coarse kind of linen.
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Examples
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								“Weize a brace of balls through his harn-pan!” said a second. Rob Roy 2005 
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								They added that we would be sleeping in the hay harn, but there must be no smoking. 
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								A huge manure pile was discretely placed behind the harn. 
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								The child shoveled down grilled harn and scrambled eggs as if she had not eaten for a month. A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995 
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								Her cutty sark, o 'Paisley harn, [short-shift, coarse linen] Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907 
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								` ` Weize a brace of balls through his harn-pan! '' said a second. Rob Roy 1887 
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								He only prayed that it might sink down through his “_harn-pan_” (his skull). Spare Hours John Brown 1846 
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								'Can you blo' a harn? 'asked the guard, disengaging one of the coach-lamps. Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1841 
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								As coarse as Nancie's harn sark, -- three threads out o 'the pound. The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836 
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								"Weize a brace of balls through his harn-pan!" said a second. Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801 
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