01 n. A plant; chard.
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A plant; chard.[Obs.]
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5 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Shard
/(shärd)/
· IPA /ʃaːd/
02 n. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
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A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.“The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board.” — E. Arnold.
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The hard wing case of a beetle.(Zool.)“They are his shards, and he their beetle.” — Shak.
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A gap in a fence.[Obs.]
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A boundary; a division.[Obs. & R.]