HAVEN
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Ha"ven (h&ā;"v'n), n. [AS. hæfene; akin to D. & LG. haven, G. hafen, MHG. habe, Dan. havn, Icel. h&ö;fn, 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.
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What shipping and what lading 's in our haven.
Shak.
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Their haven under the hill.
Tennyson.
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2. A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. Shak.
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The haven, or the rock of love.
Waller.
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Ha"ven, v. t. To shelter, as in a haven. Keats.
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