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sard.

A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.

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Meaning & usage

noun/sɑː(ɹ)d/
  1. A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sarde, borrowed from Old French sarde, from Latin sarda, sardius. Doublet of sardius.

verb/sɑː(ɹ)d/
  1. To have sexual intercourse with (a woman).

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English serden, from Old English seorþan (“to violate, rape”), from Proto-Germanic *serþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sert- (“to hit”).

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