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5. (Glass Works) A mixing box for materials.
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Coloq. Harbor dues (Naut.), fees paid for the use of a harbor. -- Coloq. Harbor seal (Zoöl.), the common seal. -- Coloq. Harbor watch , a watch set when a vessel is in port; an anchor watch.
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Harbor (härbẽr), v. t. [Written also harbour.] [imp. & p. p. Harbored (-bẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harboring.] [OE. herberen, herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See , n.] To afford lodging to; to entertain as a guest; to shelter; to receive; to give a refuge to; to indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought); as, to harbor a grudge.
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Any place that harbors men. Shak.
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The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person suspected. Bp. Burnet.
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Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of outrage. Rowe.
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Harbor, v. i. To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor.
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For this night let's harbor here in York. Shak.
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Harborage (-�j), n. Shelter; entertainment.[R.]
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Where can I get me harborage for the night? Tennyson.
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Harborer (-ẽr), n. One who, or that which, harbors.
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Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. Strype.
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Harborless, a. Without a harbor; shelterless.
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Harbor master (mȧstẽr). An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

{ Harborough (-�), Harbrough (-br�), } n. [See .] A shelter. [Obs.]. Spenser.
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Harborous (-bẽrŭs), a. Hospitable. [Obs.]
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Hard (härd), a. [Compar. Harder (-ẽr); superl. Hardest.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. harðr, Dan. haard, Sw. hård, Goth. hardus, Gr. kratys strong, kartos, kratos, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, kṛ to do, make. Cf. .] 1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
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2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
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The hard causes they brought unto Moses. Ex. xviii. 26.
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In which are some things hard to be understood. 2 Peter iii. 16.
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3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
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4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
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The stag was too hard for the horse. L'Estrange.
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A power which will be always too hard for them. Addison.
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5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
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I never could drive a hard bargain. Burke.
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6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
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7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
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Figures harder than even the marble itself. Dryden.
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8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
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9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.
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10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.
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11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
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Coloq. Hard cancer , Coloq. Hard case , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Hard clam , or Coloq. Hard-shelled clam (Zoöl.), the quahog. -- Coloq. Hard coal , anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous coal (soft coal). -- Coloq. Hard and fast . (Naut.) See under . -- Coloq. Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. -- Coloq. Hard lines , hardship; difficult conditions. -- Coloq. Hard money , coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. -- Coloq. Hard oyster (Zoöl.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] -- Coloq. Hard pan , the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See . -- Coloq. Hard rubber . See under . -- Coloq. Hard solder . See under . -- Coloq. Hard water , water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See , 3. -- Coloq. Hard wood , wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc. -- Coloq. In hard condition , in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles; -- said of race horses.

Syn. -- Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See , and .
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Hard, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.] 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
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And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden.
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My father
Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.
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2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
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3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. Shak.
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4. So as to raise difficulties. “The question is hard set.” Sir T. Browne.
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5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; nimbly; as, to run hard.
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6. Close or near.
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Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii. 7.
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Coloq. Hard by , Coloq. near by ; close at hand; not far off. “Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.” Milton. -- Coloq. Hard pushed , Coloq. Hard run , greatly pressed; as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. Hard up , closely pressed by want or necessity; without money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
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☞ Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm should be put, in the direction indicated, to the extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard alee! Hard aweather! Hard up!
Hard is also often used in composition with a participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned; hard-featured; hard-working; hard-won.
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Hard (härd), v. t. To harden; to make hard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hard, n. A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
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hard-and-fast adj. invariable; firmly established; as, hard-and-fast regulations.
Syn. -- strict.
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hardass n. A person who strictly enforces rules and regulations. [vulgar slang]
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hardback, hardbacked, hardcover hard-bound adj. Having rigid front and back covers, usually boards covered with paper, cloth, or leather; -- of books. Contrasted with softcover and paperback.
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hardback n. A book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers; a hardcover book. Compare paperback.
Syn. -- hardcover.
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Hardbake (-bāk), n. A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. Thackeray.
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hard-baked adj. baked until hard.
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Hardbeam (-bēm), n. (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.
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hard-bitten hard-boiled adj. not given to sentimentality or gentleness; -- of people; as, a hard-bitten character.
Syn. -- pugnacious, tough.
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hardboard n. a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin to form sheets, used in construction and various other purposes; -- called also particle board and chipboard.
Syn. -- chipboard.
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hard-boiled adj. 1. same as .
Syn. -- hard-bitten, pugnacious.
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2. emotionally hardened; -- used of persons.
Syn. -- callous, case-hardened, hardened.
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3. cooked until the yolk is solid; -- used of eggs; as, a breakfast of pancakes and hard-boiled eggs.
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hardbound adj. same as ; -- used of books.
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hardcover n. & a. Same as n. and a.
Syn. -- hardback.
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Harden (härd'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hardened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hardening (-'nĭng).] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.] 1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.
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2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. “Harden not your heart.” Ps. xcv. 8.
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I would harden myself in sorrow. Job vi. 10.
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Harden, v. i. 1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.
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The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [A. Lincoln] has hardened into tradition. The Century.
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2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.
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They, hardened more by what might most reclaim. Milton.
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Hardenbergia prop. n. A small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia.
Syn. -- genus Hardenbergia.
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Hardened (-'nd), a. 1. Made hard, or harder, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.

2. Rendered resistant to the effects of nearby explosions; as, a hardened missile silo; hardened warhead electronics.
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3. Experienced and inured to hardship; as, hardened combat troops.
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4. Strongly habituated to a certain type of behavior, and unlikely to change; as, a hardened criminal. Usually used only of behavior perceived negatively.
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Syn. -- Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible; insensible. See .
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Hardener (-'nẽr), n. One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.
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Hardening, n. 1. Making hard or harder.
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2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
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Harder (härdẽr), n. (Zoöl.) A South African mullet, salted for food.
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Harderian (härdērĭ�n), a. (Anat.) A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under .
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Hard-favored (härdfāvẽrd), a. Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored. Dryden.
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Hard-favoredness, n. Coarseness of features.
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Hard-featured (-fēt�rd; 135), a. Having coarse, unattractive or stern features. Smollett.
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Hardfern (-fẽrn), n. (Bot.) A species of fern (Lomaria borealis), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.
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Hard-fisted (-fĭstĕd), a. 1. Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.
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2. Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly. Bp. Hall.
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hard-fought (-f�t), a. Vigorously contested by both opponents; -- of contests; as, a hard-fought battle; a hard-fought primary election.
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Hard grass (grȧs). (Bot.) A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltböllia incurvata, and to the species of Ægilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived.
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Hardhack (-hăk), n. (Bot.) A very astringent shrub (Spiræa tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa is also called by this name.
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Hard-handed (-hăndĕd), a. Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
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Hard-handed men that work in Athens here. Shak.
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Hardhead (-hĕd), n. 1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) The menhaden. See . [Local, U. S.] (b) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe. (c) A California salmon; the steelhead. (d) The gray whale. See Gray whale, under . (e) A coarse American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).
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hardheaded, hard-headed, a. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd; practical and pragmatic. -- Hard-headedness, n.
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Hard-hearted (-härtĕd), a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. -- Hard-heartedness, n.
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hard-hitting adj. 1. characterized by or full of force and vigor; forceful; as, a hard-hitting expose.
Syn. -- trenchant, vigorous.
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2. aggressive; as, a hard-hitting advertising campaign. Opposite of unaggressive.
Syn. -- high-pressure.
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Hardihead (härdĭhĕd), n. Hardihood. [Obs.]
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Hardihood (härdĭh�d), n. [Hardy + -hood.] Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.
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A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth.
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It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity. Buckminster.

Syn. -- Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness; audacity; effrontery; impudence.
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Hardily, adv. 1. Same as . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. Wyclif.
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Hardiment (-m�nt), n. [OF. hardement. See .] Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action. [Obs.]
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Changing hardiment with great Glendower. Shak.
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Hardiness (-dĭnĕs), n. 1. Capability of endurance.
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2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. Spenser.
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Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever
Of hardiness is mother. Shak.
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They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. Clarendon.
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3. Hardship; fatigue. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Hardish (härdĭsh), a. Somewhat hard.
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Hard-labored (härdlābẽrd), a. Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift.
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Hardly (härdl�), adv. [AS. heardlice. See .]
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1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
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Recovering hardly what he lost before. Dryden.
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2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.
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The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent. Milton.
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3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.
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Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good. South.
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4. Severely; harshly; roughly.
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He has in many things been hardly used. Swift.
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5. Confidently; hardily. [Obs.] Holland.
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6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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hardly ever (härdl� ĕvẽr), adv. Seldom; rarely; almost never.
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Hard-mouthed (-mou�d), a. Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.
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Hardness, n. [AS. heardness.] 1. The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.
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The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory hardness. Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Min.) The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched; -- measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.
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3. (Chem.) The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.
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☞ This quality is caused by the presence of calcium carbonate, causing temporary hardness which can be removed by boiling, or by calcium sulphate, causing permanent hardness which can not be so removed, but may be improved by the addition of sodium carbonate.
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hardnose n. A hard-nosed person; one who is realistic and pragmatic and is impatient with those who are not. [slang]
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hard-nosed adj. facing reality squarely; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; tough and pragmatic; as, a hard-nosed businessman.
Syn. -- down-to-earth, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic.
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Hardock (härdŏk), n. [Obs.] See .
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hard-of-hearing adj. having a reduced ability to hear, but not fully deaf; partly deaf.
Syn. -- hearing-impaired.
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hard-on n. An erect penis; a penile erection. [slang or vulgar]
Syn. -- erection.
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Hardpan (härdpăn), n. The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under , a.
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hard-pressed adj. facing or experiencing trouble or difficulty; as, financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices; they were hard-pressed to find a substitute on short notice; -- see {1}.
Syn. -- distressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in trouble(predicate).
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Hards (härdz), n. pl. [OE. herdes, AS. heordan; akin to G. hede.] The refuse or coarse part of flax; tow.
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Hard-shell (härdshĕl), a. Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict. [Colloq., U.S.]
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Hardship (härdshĭp), n. That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.
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Hardspun, a. Firmly twisted in spinning.
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Hard steel. Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) carbon.
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hard-surfaced adj. paved; -- of roads. Opposite of unpaved.
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Hardtack or Hard-tack (härdtăk), n. 1. A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of unleavened hard biscuit or sea bread. Called also pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit and ship bread
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2. Any of several mahogany trees, esp. the Cercocarpus betuloides. MW10
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Hardtail (härdtāl), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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hard-to-please adj. Requiring great patience and effort and skill; demanding; -- of persons. Opposite of undemanding.
Syn. -- harsh, demanding.
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Hard-visaged (härdvĭz�jd; 48), a. Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured. Burke.
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Hardware (härdwâr), n. 1. Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.
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2. Any of the physical objects used in carrying out an activity, in contrast to the knowledge, skill, or theory required to perform the activity; mostly used collectively.
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3. Specifically: (Computers) The sum of all the physical objects, such as the electrical, mechanical, and electronic devices which comprise a computer system; as, the typical PC hardware suite consists of a mainboard and a number of peripherals such as hard drives and speakers, connected by adapter cards, but the input and output from users occurs mostly through the keyboard and monitor; contrasted with software, the programs executed by the computer.
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4. Specifically: (Military) The weapons, transport, and other physical objects used in conducting a war.
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5. (Slang) Weapons, especially handguns, carried on the person; as, check your hardware at the door before entering.
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hardwareman (härdwârmăn), n.; pl. Hardwaremen (härdwârmĕn). One who makes, or deals in, hardware.
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hard-wired, hard wired (härdwīrd), a. 1. (Computers) Contained within the circuitry of a computer or computer peripheral device, and not changeable by programming; -- of functions; as, error correction is hard-wired into the circuit of the disk drive, so it proceeds very rapidly.
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2. Connected by a continuous electrical wire, rather than through a switch; as, the air-conditioner was hard-wired into the wall circuit, so moving it would require an electrician.
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3. (Metaph.) Performed by an inborn pattern of neural circuits; instinctive; not learned; as, many bird songs are hard-wired, but some are learned.
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People, as the cybernetic metaphor now has it, are “hard wired” to do good in order to enhance their own happiness. Andrew Delbanco (New York Times Magazine, May 7, 2000; p. 46).
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hardwood n. The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers); also items made from such wood; as, decorative hardwood.
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hardwood adj. Made of the hard-to-cut wood of a broad-leaved tree, as e.g. oak; consisting of a hardwood; as, hardwood floors; -- of wood and wooden objects.
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hard-won a. Acquired with difficulty; as, to squander one's hard-won fortune.
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hardworking adj. 1. habitually working diligently and for long hours.
Syn. -- industrious, tireless, untiring.
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Hardy (härd�), a. [Compar. Hardier (-dĭẽr); superl. Hardiest.] [F. hardi, p. p. fr. OF. hardir to make bold; of German origin, cf. OHG. hertan to harden, G. härten. See , a.] 1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.
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Hap helpeth hardy man alway. Chaucer.
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2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
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3. Strong; firm; compact.
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[A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric. South.
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4. Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
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5. Able to withstand the cold of winter.
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☞ 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.
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Hardy, n. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
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Hare (hâr), v. t. [Cf. , .] To excite; to tease, harass, or worry; to harry. [Obs.] Locke.
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Hare, n. [AS. hara; akin to D. haas, G. hase, OHG. haso, Dan. & Sw. hare, Icel. hēri, Skr. çaça. √226.]
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1. (Zoöl.) A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
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☞ The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is Lepus timidus. The northern or varying hare of America (Lepus Americanus), and the prairie hare (Lepus campestris), turn white in winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly called rabbits.
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2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.
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Coloq. Hare and hounds , a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. -- Coloq. Hare kangaroo (Zoöl.), a small Australian kangaroo (Lagorchestes Leporoides), resembling the hare in size and color, -- Coloq. Hare's lettuce (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sonchus, or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. Dr. Prior. -- Coloq. Jumping hare . (Zoöl.) See under . -- Coloq. Little chief hare , or Coloq. Crying hare . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Sea hare . (Zoöl.) See .
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Harebell (hârbĕl), n. (Bot.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also hairbell.]
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E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott.
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