Shard (shärd), n. A plant;
chard. [Obs.] Dryden.
Shard, n. [AS. sceard, properly a
p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D.
schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel.
skarð. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.] [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. Shak.
The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board.
E.
Arnold.
2. (Zoöl.) The hard wing case of a
beetle.
They are his shards, and he their
beetle.
Shak.
3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.]
Stanyhurst.
4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.]
Spenser.
Shard (shärd), n. A plant;
chard. [Obs.] Dryden.
Shard, n. [AS. sceard, properly a
p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D.
schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel.
skarð. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.] [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. Shak.
The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board.
E.
Arnold.
2. (Zoöl.) The hard wing case of a
beetle.
They are his shards, and he their
beetle.
Shak.
3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.]
Stanyhurst.
4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.]
Spenser.
