Har·bor n. [Written also harbour.]
1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
[A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. --Dryden.
2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.]
3. Astrol. The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]
4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven.
5. Glass Works A mixing box for materials.
Harbor dues Naut., fees paid for the use of a harbor.
Harbor seal Zool., the common seal.
Harbor watch, a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch.