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Hard
·adv Close or near.
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hard
Stale beer, nearly sour, is said to be hard. Hard also means severe: as, hard fate, a hard master.
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hard
A road-path made through mud for landing at. (See ard.)
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Hearted
·adj Shaped like a heart; cordate.
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Hard grass
·- A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the spe...
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Hard steel
·add. ·- Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) ca...
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Hard-favored
·adj Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.
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Hard-featured
·adj Having coarse, unattractive or stern features.
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Hard-fisted
·adj Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
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Hard-fought
(·adv Vigorously) contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
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Hard-handed
·adj Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
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Hard-headed
·adj Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
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Hard-labored
·adj Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied.
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Hard-mouthed
·adj Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.
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Hard-shell
·adj Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
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Hard-tack
·noun A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.
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Hard-visaged
·adj Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured.
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die hard
To die hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows; not to whiddle or squeak. Thi...
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hard cash
Silver or gold coin.
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hard drinker
One who drinks to excess; a drunkard.
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hard money
A common term for silver and gold, in contradistinction from paper money.
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hard pushed
To be bard pressed; to be in a difficulty; and especially, as a mercantile phrase, to be hard presse...
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hard run
To be hard pressed; and especially to be in want of money. The same as hard pushed.
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blowing hard
Said of the wind when it is strong and steady.
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hard bargain
A useless fellow; a skulker.
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hard fish
A term indiscriminately applied to cod, ling, haddock, torsk, &c., salted and dried.
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hard gale
When the violence of the wind reduces a ship to be under her storm staysails, No. 10 force.
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
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hard-horse
A tyrannical officer.
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hard up
The tiller so placed as to carry the rudder close over to leeward of the stern-post. Also, used figu...
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Black-hearted
·adj Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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Broken-hearted
·adj Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
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Chicken-hearted
·adj Timid; fearful; cowardly.
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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
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Dead-hearted
·adj Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
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Dog-hearted
·adj Inhuman; cruel.
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Earthen-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.
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False-hearted
·adj Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.
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Flint-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted.
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Free-hearted
·adj Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth.
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Full-hearted
·adj Full of courage or confidence.
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Gentle-hearted
·adj Having a kind or gentle disposition.
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Great-hearted
·adj High-spirited; fearless.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
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Hare-hearted
·adj Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
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Hen-hearted
·adj Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.
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High-hearted
·adj Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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Hollow-hearted
·adj Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
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Iron-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.
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Kind-hearted
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Large-hearted
·adj Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
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Light-hearted
·adj Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
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Lion-hearted
·adj Very brave; brave and magnanimous.
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Open-hearted
·adj Candid; frank; generous.
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Pigeon-hearted
·adj Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
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Plain-hearted
·adj Frank; sincere; artless.
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Public-hearted
·adj Public-spirited.
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Right-hearted
·adj Having a right heart or disposition.
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Shallow-hearted
·adj Incapable of deep feeling.
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Simple-hearted
·adj Sincere; inguenuous; guileless.
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Single-hearted
·adj Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
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Soft-hearted
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Stiff-hearted
·adj Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
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Stone-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
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Stout-hearted
·adj Having a brave heart; courageous.
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Tender-hearted
·adj Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensi...
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True-hearted
·adj Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend.
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Warm-hearted
·adj Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.
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Weak-hearted
·adj Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.
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Wise-hearted
·adj Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.
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chicken-hearted
Fearful, cowardly.
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hen-hearted
Cowardly.
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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...
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hard and fast
Said of a ship on shore.
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hard-a-port!
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hard-a-starboard
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the port-side of the stern-post, whi...
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hard-a-weather!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...
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king's hard bargain
A useless fellow, who is not worth his hire.
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a hard row to hoe
A metaphor derived from hoeing corn, meaning a difficult matter or job to accomplish.
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Three Hard Court, Creechurch Lane
See Three Herring Court.
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hard at his a-se
Close after him.
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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it.
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