SHARDS

Noun

shards

plural of shard

Verb

shards

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shard

Source: Wiktionary


SHARD

Shard, n.

Definition: A plant; chard. [Obs.] Dryden.

Shard, n. Etym: [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.]

1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail. Shak. The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board. E. Arnold.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The hard wing case of a beetle. They are his shards, and he their beetle. Shak.

3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] Stanyhurst.

4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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