hards

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Scrabble points
9
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8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/hɑɹdz/
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/hɑɹdz/ · /hɑːdz/

Definition of hards

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of hard
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of hard
  2. (uncountable)The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

name

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of Hard
  2. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

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