·adj Borne on shards or scaly wing cases.
·noun A plant; chard. II. Shard ·noun A gap in a fence. III. Shard ·noun A boundary; a division. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a gap or notch ; this knife has a great shard. Glouc. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·- of <<Bear>>. II. Borne ·p.p. Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. ·see <<Bear>>, ·vt. ...
Placed on the books for victuals and wages; also supernumerary and "for rank." ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
a piece of a tile. Norf. and Suff. ...
a fragment of a tile. Norf. ...
Arrived from a voyage: said of freighted ships also afloat. ...
When a ship just floats clear of the ground. Also, goods carried by sea, or on a river. ...
Pressed by wind and sea. ...