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noun
Shard  n.  (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. "The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board."
2.
(Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle. "They are his shards, and he their beetle."
3.
A gap in a fence. (Obs.)
4.
A boundary; a division. (Obs. & R.)





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"Shard" Quotes from Famous Books



... heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard— All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard— For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy mercy on Thy ...
— Poems Every Child Should Know - The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library • Various
... from Bathe, he made an entertainment for her Majesty on Canning's-down, sc. at Shepherds-shard, at Wensditch, with a pastorall performed by himself and his parishioners in shepherds' weeds. A copie of his song was printed within a compartment excellently well engraved and designed, with goates, ...
— The Natural History of Wiltshire • John Aubrey


Words linked to "Shard" :   sherd, potsherd, fragment


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