Sard
//sɑː(ɹ)d// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. countable, uncountable
- 2 a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony wordnet
- 3 Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To have sexual intercourse with (a woman). obsolete
"Quhilk will, for purging of thir neirs: / Sard up the ta raw, and doun the uther."
Proper Noun
- 1 Synonym of Sardinian (“a Romance language”).
Example
More examples"Quhilk will, for purging of thir neirs: / Sard up the ta raw, and doun the uther."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English sarde, borrowed from Old French sarde, from Latin sarda, sardius. Doublet of sardius.
Etymology 2
From Middle English serden, from Old English seorþan (“to violate, rape”), borrowed from Old Norse serða, from Proto-Germanic *serþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sert- (“to hit”).
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