hards

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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, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

Alternative forms

Noun

hards (uncountable)

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

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French

Adjective

hards

  1. plural of hard
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