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    Shard , n. A plant; chard. [Obs.]
    Dryden.

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    Shard , 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.

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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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