hards
See also: Hards and härds
English
Noun
hards
- 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)
- The refuse or coarse part of flax; tow.
Synonyms
- tow, oakum
Anagrams
- Dhars, shard
French
Adjective
hards
- plural of hard