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Sard

//sɑː(ɹ)d// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
Synonym of Sardinian (“a Romance language”).

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."

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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