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Webster 1913 Edition
Hardy
Har′dy
(här′dy̆)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Hardier
(-dĭ-ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Hardiest
.] [F. ]
hardi
, p. p. fr. OF. hardir
to make bold; of German origin, cf. OHG. hertan
to harden, G. härten
. See Hard
, Adj.
1.
Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.
Hap helpeth
hardy
man alway. Chaucer.
2.
Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
3.
Strong; firm; compact.
[A] blast may shake in pieces his
hardy
fabric. South.
4.
Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance;
as, a
hardy
veteran; a hardy
mariner.5.
Able to withstand the cold of winter.
☞ Plants which are hardy in Virginia may perish in New England. Half-hardy plants are those which are able to withstand mild winters or moderate frosts.
Har′dy
,Noun.
A blacksmith’s fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the
hardy hole
. Webster 1828 Edition
Hardy
H`ARDY
, a.1.
Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid. Who is hardy enough to encounter contempt?
2.
Strong; firm; compact. An unwholesome blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric.
3.
Confident; full of assurance; impudent; stubborn to excess.4.
Inured to fatigue; rendered firm by exercise, as a veteran soldier.