shard
shard is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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 shards of beauty on the board. E. Arnold.
- 2.(Zoöl.) The hard wing case of a beetle. They are his shards, and he their beetle. Shak.
- 3.A gap in a fence. [Obs.] Stanyhurst.
- 4.A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] Spenser.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is 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 shards of beauty on the board. E. Arnold called?
- What is the hard wing case of a beetle. They are his shards, and he their beetle. Shak called?
- What is a boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] Spenser called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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