GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Shard (shärd), 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. skarð. 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.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   The precious dish
   
   Broke into shards of beauty on the board. E. Arnold.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   They are his shards, and he their beetle. Shak.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.]  Stanyhurst.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.]  Spenser.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Sheard (?), n. See Shard. [Obs.]
   
   [1913 Webster]