hards

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /hɑɹdz/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːdz/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== hards plural of hard === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Alternative forms ==== hurds ==== Noun ==== hards (uncountable) The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow. ===== Synonyms ===== tow, oakum ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Dhars, shard == French == === Adjective === hards plural of hard