Hard-handed Hard"-hand`ed (-hănd`ĕd) adjective Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.

Hard-handed men that work in Athens here.

Shak.

Hard-headed Hard"-head`ed adjective Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. -- Hard"-head`ed*ness , noun

Hard-hearted Hard"-heart`ed (-härt`ĕd) adjective Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. -- Hard"-heart`ed*ness , noun

Hard-labored Hard"-la`bored (härd"lā`bẽrd) adjective Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift.

Hard-mouthed Hard"-mouthed` (-mou&thlig;d`) adjective Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard- mouthed horse.

Hard-shell Hard"-shell` (härd"shĕl`) adjective Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict. [ Colloq., U. S.]

Hard-tack Hard"-tack` (-tăk`) noun A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.

Hard-visaged Hard"-vis`aged (-vĭz`ajd; 48) adjective Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard- featured. Burke.

Hardbake Hard"bake` (-bāk`) noun A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc. Thackeray.

Hardbeam Hard"beam` (-bēm`) noun (Botany) A tree of the genus Carpinus , of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.

Harden Hard"en (härd"'n) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hardened (-'nd); present participle & verbal noun Hardening (-'n*ĭng).] [ Middle English hardnen , hardenen .] 1. To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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.

I would harden myself in sorrow.

Job vi. 10.

Harden Hard"en intransitive verb 1. To become hard or harder; to acquire solidity, or more compactness; as, mortar hardens by drying.

The deliberate judgment of those who knew him [ A. Lincoln] has hardened into tradition.

The Century.

2. To become confirmed or strengthened, in either a good or a bad sense.

They, hardened more by what might most reclaim.

Milton.

Hardened Hard"ened (-'nd) adjective Made hard, or harder, or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice.

Syn. -- Impenetrable; hard; obdurate; callous; unfeeling; unsusceptible; insensible. See Obdurate .

Hardener Hard"en·er (-'n*ẽr) noun One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.

Hardening Hard"en·ing noun 1. Making hard or harder.

2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

Harder Har"der (här"dẽr) noun (Zoology) A South African mullet, salted for food.

Harderian Har·de"ri·an (här*dē"rĭ* a n) adjective (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 Nictitate .

Hardfern Hard"fern` (-fẽrn`) noun (Botany) A species of fern ( Lomaria borealis ), growing in Europe and Northwestern America.

Hardhack Hard"hack` (-hăk`) noun (Botany) A very astringent shrub ( Spiræa tomentosa ), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa is also called by this name.

Hardhead Hard"head` (-hĕd`) noun 1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.

2. (Zoology) (a) The menhaden. See Menhaden . [ 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 Gray . (e) A coarse American commercial sponge ( Spongia dura ).

Hardihead Har"di·head (här"dĭ*hĕd) noun Hardihood. [ Obsolete]

Hardihood Har"di·hood (-hod) noun [ Hardy + -hood .] Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.

A bound of graceful hardihood .

Wordsworth.

It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity.

Buckminster.

Syn. -- Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness; audacity; effrontery; impudence.

Hardily Har"di·ly adverb 1. Same as Hardly . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

2. Boldly; stoutly; resolutely. Wyclif.

Hardiment Har"di·ment (-m e nt) noun [ Old French hardement . See Hardy .] Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action. [ Obsolete]

Changing hardiment with great Glendower.

Shak.

Hardiness Har"di·ness (-dĭ*nĕs) noun 1. Capability of endurance.

2. Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance. Spenser.

Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever
Of hardiness is mother.

Shak.

They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king.

Clarendon.

3. Hardship; fatigue. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Hardish Hard"ish (härd"ĭsh) adjective Somewhat hard.

Hardly Hard"ly (härd"lȳ) adverb [ Anglo-Saxon heardlice . See Hard .]

1. In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.

Recovering hardly what he lost before.

Dryden.

2. Unwillingly; grudgingly.

The House of Peers gave so hardly their consent.

Milton.

3. Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.

Hardly shall you find any one so bad, but he desires the credit of being thought good.

South.

4. Severely; harshly; roughly.

He has in many things been hardly used.

Swift.

5. Confidently; hardily. [ Obsolete] Holland.

6. Certainly; surely; indeed. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Hardness Hard"ness noun [ Anglo-Saxon heardness .] 1. The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory hardness .

Sir W. Scott.

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.

3. (Chemistry) 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.

» 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.

Hardock Har"dock (här"dŏk) noun [ Obsolete] See Hordock .

Hardpan Hard"pan` (härd"păn) noun The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan , under Hard , adjective

Hards Hards (härdz) noun plural [ Middle English herdes , Anglo-Saxon heordan ; akin to German hede .] The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow.

Hardship Hard"ship (härd"shĭp) noun That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.

Hardspun Hard"spun` adjective Firmly twisted in spinning.

Hardtail Hard"tail` (-tāl`) noun (Zoology) See Jurel .

Hardware Hard"ware` (-wâr`) noun Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

Hardwareman Hard"ware`man (-măn) noun ; plural Hardwaremen (-mĕn). One who makes, or deals in, hardware.

Hardy Har"dy (här"dȳ) adjective [ Compar. Hardier (-dĭ*ẽr); superl. Hardiest .] [ French hardi , past participle from Old French hardir to make bold; of German origin, confer Old High German hertan to harden, German härten . See Hard , adjective ] 1. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.

Hap helpeth hardy man alway.

Chaucer.

2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.

3. Strong; firm; compact.

[ A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric.

South.

4. Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.

5. Able to withstand the cold of winter.

» 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.

Hardy Har"dy noun A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole .

Hare Hare (hâr) transitive verb [ Confer Harry , Harass .] To excite; to tease, harass, or worry; to harry. [ Obsolete] Locke.

Hare Hare noun [ Anglo-Saxon hara ; akin to Dutch haas , German hase , Old High German haso , Dan. & Swedish hare , Icelandic hēri , Sanskrit çaça . √226.]

1. (Zoology) 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.

» The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is Lepus timidus . The northern or varying hare of America ( Latin Americanus ), and the prairie hare ( Latin campestris ), turn white in winter. In America, the various species of hares are commonly called rabbits .

2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.

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. -- Hare kangaroo (Zoology) , a small Australian kangaroo ( Lagorchestes Leporoides ), resembling the hare in size and color, -- Hare's lettuce (Botany) , a plant of the genus Sonchus , or sow thistle; -- so called because hares are said to eat it when fainting with heat. Dr. Prior. -- Jumping hare . (Zoology) See under Jumping . -- Little chief hare , or Crying hare . (Zoology) See Chief hare . - - Sea hare . (Zoology) See Aplysia .

Hare-hearted Hare"-heart`ed (-härt`ĕd) adjective Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.

Hare's-ear Hare's"-ear` (hârz"ēr`) noun (Botany) An umbelliferous plant ( Bupleurum rotundifolium ); -- so named from the shape of its leaves. Dr. Prior.

Hare's-foot fern Hare's"-foot` fern` (-fot` fẽrn`). (Botany) A species of fern ( Davallia Canariensis ) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name.

Hare's-tail Hare's"-tail` (-tāl`) noun (Botany) A kind of grass ( Eriophorum vaginatum ). See Cotton grass , under Cotton .

Hare's-tail grass (Botany) , a species of grass ( Lagurus ovatus ) whose head resembles a hare's tail.

Harebell Hare"bell` (hâr"bĕl`) noun (Botany) 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 .]

E'en the light harebell raised its head.

Sir W. Scott.

Harebrained Hare"brained` (hâr"brānd`) adjective Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow." North (Plutarch). [ Written also hairbrained .]

Harefoot Hare"foot` (-fot`) noun 1. (Zoology) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.

2. (Botany) A tree ( Ochroma Lagopus ) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.

Harefoot clover (Botany) , a species of clover ( Trifolium arvense ) with soft and silky heads.

Harehound Hare"hound` (-hound`) noun See Harrier . A. Chalmers.

Hareld Har"eld (hăr"ĕld) noun (Zoology) The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw .

Harelip Hare"lip` (hâr"lĭp`) noun A lip, commonly the upper one, having a fissure of perpendicular division like that of a hare. -- Hare"lipped` (- lĭpt`) adjective

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