Harbor /(här"bẽr)/

1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

   [A grove] fair harbour that them seems.

   For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.

2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.]
3. The mansion of a heavenly body. (Astrol.) [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. A mixing box for materials. (Glass Works)

imp. & p. p. Harbored; p. pr. & vb. n. Harboring

1. To afford lodging to; to entertain as a guest; to shelter; to receive; to give a refuge to; to indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought); as, to harbor a grudge.

   Any place that harbors men.

   The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected.

   Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage.

1. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.

   For this night let's harbor here in York.