Hards

//hɑɹdz// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of hard form-of, plural
  2. 2
    The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow. uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Hard form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A surname.

Synonyms

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oakumtowtow

Etymology

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

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