hards

See also: Hards and härds

English

Noun

hards

  1. plural of hard

Etymology 2

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

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Noun

hards (uncountable)

  1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
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Adjective

hards

  1. plural of hard
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