Definition of hard

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Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple..

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Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current..
Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It
Petrosal :: Petrosal (a.) Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone..
Student :: Student (n.) A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student..
Kernel :: Kernel (v. i.) To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard covering of an egg.
Callosity :: Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction..
Hard :: Hard (adv.) Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.
Grain :: Grain (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food..
Rhabdite :: Rhabdite (n.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
Hardiment :: Hardiment (n.) Hardihood; boldness; courage; energetic action.
Unrelenting :: Unrelenting (a.) Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
Heart :: Heart (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish h
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone..
Hardener :: Hardener (n.) One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools..
Ruthenium :: Ruthenium (n.) A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum..
Tabby :: Tabby (n.) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock..
Doucker :: Doucker (v. t.) A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks..
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings..
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
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