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Sherd (gcide) | Sherd \Sherd\, n.
A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd.
See Shard.
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The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove.
--Chapman.
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sherd (gcide) | Shard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from
the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a
fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See Shear,
and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.]
1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like
brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
--Shak.
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The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board. --E.
Arnold.
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2. (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
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They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.
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3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
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4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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sherd (wn) | sherd
n 1: a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard,
sherd, fragment] |
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potsherd (encz) | potsherd,střep n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gosherd (gcide) | Gosherd \Gos"herd\, n. [OE. gosherde. See Goose, and Herd a
herdsman.]
One who takes care of geese.
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Potsherd (gcide) | Potsherd \Pot"sherd`\, n. [Pot + sherd or shard.]
A piece or fragment of a broken pot. --Job ii. 8.
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Sherd (gcide) | Sherd \Sherd\, n.
A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd.
See Shard.
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The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove.
--Chapman.
[1913 Webster] ShereefShard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from
the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a
fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See Shear,
and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.]
1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like
brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
--Shak.
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The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board. --E.
Arnold.
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2. (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
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They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.
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3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
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4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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Usherdom (gcide) | Usherdom \Ush"er*dom\, n.
The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers,
collectively. [R.]
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potsherd (wn) | potsherd
n 1: a shard of pottery |
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