hards

See also: Hards and härds

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hards

1. plural of hard

Etymology 2

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, *hazdaz (compare Dutch hede (“hards, tow”), Old Norse haddr (“hair”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”) (compare Hittite [Term?] (/kišzi/) ~ [Term?] (/kišanzi/, “to comb, card”), Serbo-Croatian čèšati (“to scratch, comb”)).

Alternative forms

• hurds

Noun

hards (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• tow, oakum

Anagrams

• Dhars, shard

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French

Adjective

hards

1. plural of hard