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hards.

The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hɑɹdz/General-American/hɑːdz/Received-Pronunciation
  1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).

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