Shard
Pronunciation : Shard
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A plant; chard. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Shard
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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. skar. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.]
Definition : 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. (Zo?l.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913