Hard definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary H`ARD, a. 1. Firm ... pressure; applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult; not easy to the intellect. In which are some things hard to be understood. 2 Peter 3. The hard causes they brought to Moses. Exodus 18. 3. Difficult ...
Hard and fast definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fast Fast, a ... the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa. Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable ... vessel, a rope, or a door. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; ...
hard clam definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... used as money by some American Indians [syn: quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenaria] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1846 a clam with a thick hard shell; specifically quahog Webster's 1913 Dictionary Quahog Qua"hog ... is highly valued as food. Called also round clam, and hard clam. Note: The name is also applied to other allied ... Mortoni of the Gulf of Mexico. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. ...
hard rubber definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber [syn: hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1860 a ... red color. It contains antimony sulphide as an important constituent. Hard rubber, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly resembles horn ... to exclude saliva from the tooth. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; ...
hard lines definitions Merriam Webster's noun plural Date: 1824 chiefly British hard luck — often used interjectionally Webster's 1913 Dictionary Line Line ... 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. Hard lines, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] Line breeding (Stockbreeding), breeding ... coiled. Mason and Dixon's line Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; ...
hard water definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: water ... beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. Hard water. See under Hard. Inch of water, a unit of measure of quantity of ... in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally ...
hard coal definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat [syn: anthracite, anthracite coal, hard coal] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1721 anthracite Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally ...
hard-shelled clam definitions Merriam Webster's noun see hard-shell clam Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; ...
hard solder definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: solder ... surfaces; a metallic cement. Hence, anything which unites or cements. Hard solder, a solder which fuses only at a red heat ... part tin, is a soft solder. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; ...
Hard oyster definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, ...
Hard cancer definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, ...
hard case definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1836 a tough or hardened person Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, ...
Hard pan definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, ...
In hard condition definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, ...
Hard money definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hard Hard, a. [Compar. Harder; superl. Hardest.] [OE. heard, AS. heard; akin ... compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, ...