·adj Strong; firm; compact.
II. Hardy ·adj Able to withstand the cold of winter.
III. Hardy ·adj Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
IV. Hardy ·adj Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
V. Hardy ·adj Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
VI. Hardy ·noun A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.