SHARD
\ʃˈɑːd], \ʃˈɑːd], \ʃ_ˈɑː_d]\
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A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
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The hard wing case of a beetle.
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A gap in a fence.
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A boundary; a division.
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A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
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The hard wing case of a beetle.
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A gap in a fence.
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A boundary; a division.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel or of any brittle substance; a potsherd; a fragment; "Shards, flints, and pebbles."-Shak.; "Dashed your cities into shards."-Tennyson; the shell of an egg or of a snail: the wing-case of a beetle; "They are his shards, and he their beetle."-Shak.: the leaves of the artichoke and some other vegetables whitened or blanched; "Shards or mallows for the pot."-Dryden.
By Daniel Lyons
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