hards noun pl. (also treated as sing.). [hɑ:dz] Now
local. Also hurds
[hǝ:dz].
[Old English heordan weak fem. pl. corresp. to Old Frisian, Old Low German hēde (Dutch heede), ult. origin unkn.]The coarser parts of flax or hemp; tow.
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