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Webster 1913 Edition
Haven
Ha′ven
(hā′v’n)
, Noun.
[AS.
hæfene
; akin to D. & LG. haven
, G. hafen
, MHG. habe
, Dan. havn
, Icel. höfn
, Sw. hamn
; akin to E. have
, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave
(see Heave
); or akin to AS. hæf
sea, Icel. & Sw. haf
, Dan. hav
, which is perh. akin to E. heave
.] 1.
A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; a port.
What shipping and what lading ’s in our
haven
. Shakespeare
Their
haven
under the hill. Tennyson.
2.
A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.
Shak.
The
haven
, or the rock of love. Waller.
Ha′ven
,Verb.
T.
To shelter, as in a haven.
Keats.
Webster 1828 Edition
Haven
HA'VEN
,Noun.
1.
A harbor; a port; a bay, recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river which affords good anchorage and a safe station for ships; any place in which ships can be sheltered by the land from the force of tempests and a violent sea.2.
A shelter; an asylum; a place of safety.