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Haven   /hˈeɪvən/   Listen
noun
Haven  n.  
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." "Their haven under the hill."
2.
A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum. "The haven, or the rock of love."


verb
Haven  v. t.  To shelter, as in a haven.





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"Haven" Quotes from Famous Books



... sent them his arguments writen under his owne hand. They sente them to y^e church at Boston in y^e Bay of Massachusets, to be comunicated with other churches ther. Also they sent y^e same to the churches of Conightecutt and New-Haven, with sundrie others; and received very able & sufficent answers, as they conceived, from them and their larned ministers, who all concluded against him. But him selfe was not satisfied therw^th. ...
— Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' • William Bradford
... don't make a scene. I haven't done anything of the sort," he whispered, looking about him anxiously to make sure that we had not been overheard. "Those pearls are as innocent of my touch as the top of the ...
— R. Holmes & Co. • John Kendrick Bangs
... he sang under her window. In short, they began to make love in good earnest, and when he learned that she was free, he began to talk about marrying her. She consented at once, but asked him what he had to live on. "I haven't a penny," said he; "the little I earn is hardly enough to feed me." Stella encouraged him, saying that she would give him all the money and things he wanted. To punish Stella for her pride, her father and the prince's father had an understanding, ...
— Italian Popular Tales • Thomas Frederick Crane
... with frank scorn. "So you got out of the saddle to spy? Haven't you some black-and-tan around the ranch to do ...
— The Treasure Trail - A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine • Marah Ellis Ryan
... like," said a little bush of pretty blossoms. "It does not hurt Jack-in-the-pulpit if the Evergreens think they are the preachers of the woods, for all the spring and summer flowers know that Jack has always been our preacher and the Evergreens haven't any pulpit to preach from. Only they do not ...
— Sandman's Goodnight Stories • Abbie Phillips Walker


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