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Webster 1913 Edition
Shard
Shard
(shärd)
, Noun.
A plant; chard.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
Shard
(shärd)
, Noun.
[AS.
sceard
, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn
to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard
a fragment, G. scharte
a notch, Icel. skarð
. See Shear
, and cf. Sherd
.] [Written also
sheard
, and sherd
.] 1.
A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
Shak.
The precious dish
Broke into
Broke into
shards
of beauty on the board. E. Arnold.
2.
(Zool.)
The hard wing case of a beetle.
They are his
shards
, and he their beetle. Shakespeare
3.
A gap in a fence.
[Obs.]
Stanyhurst.
4.
A boundary; a division.
[Obs. & R.]
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shard
SH'ARD
,Noun.
1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel or of any brittle substance. Obs.
2. The shell of an egg or of a snail.
3. A plant. [chard.]
4. A frith or strait; as a perilous shard.
5. A gap.
6. A fish.