sherd

sherd
Shard Shard (sh[aum]rd), n. [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. skar[eth]. 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. [1913 Webster]

The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board. --E. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle. [1913 Webster]

They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst. [1913 Webster]

4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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