Part 5119

<h1>Harborough, Harbrough</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw><hw>Har"bor*ough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Har"brough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw><ety>[See <er>Harbor</er>.]</ety> <def>A shelter.</def> <mark></mark>.

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Harborous</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Har"bor*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hospitable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hard</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Harder</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Hardest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<er>OE</er>. <ets>heard</ets>, AS. <ets>heard</ets>; akin to OS. & D. <ets>heard</ets>, G. <ets>hart</ets>, OHG. <ets>harti</ets>, Icel. <ets>har<?/r</ets>, Dan. <ets>haard</ets>, <ets>Sw</ets>. <ets>h</ets>\'86<ets>rd</ets>, Goth. <ets>hardus</ets>, Gr.<?/ strong, <ets><?/</ets>,<ets><?/</ets>, strength, and also <ets>to</ets> E. <ets>-ard</ets>, as in <ets>coward</ets>, <ets>drunkard</ets>, <ets>-crat</ets>, <ets>-cracy</ets> in auto<ets>crat</ets>, demo<ets>cracy</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>kratu</ets> strength, <ets><?/</ets> to do, make. Gf.<er>Hardy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to <i>soft</i>; <as>as, <ex>hard</ex> wood; <ex>hard</ex> flesh; a <ex>hard</ex> apple.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; <as>as a <ex>hard</ex> problem</as>.

<blockquote>The <b>hard</b> causes they brought unto Moses. <i>Ex. xviii. 26.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In which are some things <b>hard</b> to be understood. <i>2 Peter iii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; <as>as, a <ex>hard</ex> task; a disease <ex>hard</ex> to cure.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Difficult to resist or control; powerful.</def>

<blockquote>The stag was too <b>hard</b> for the horse. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> A power which will be always too <b>hard</b> for them. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; <as>as, a <ex>hard</ex> lot; <ex>hard</ex> times; <ex>hard</ex> fare; a <ex>hard</ex> winter; <ex>hard</ex> conditions or terms.</as></def>

<blockquote>I never could drive a <b>hard</b> bargain. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; <as>as, a <ex>hard</ex> master; a <ex>hard</ex> heart; <ex>hard</ex> words; a <ex>hard</ex> character.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; <as>as, a <ex>hard</ex> style</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Figures <b>harder</b> than even the marble itself. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; <as>as, <ex>hard</ex> cider</as>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>(Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another;- said of certain consonants, as <i>c</i> in <i>came</i>, and <i>g</i> in <i>go</i>, as distinguished from the same letters in <i>center</i>, <i>general</i>, etc.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; <as>as, a <ex>hard</ex> tone</as>.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Hard cancer</col>, <col>Hard case</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Cancer</er>, <er>Case</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Hard clam</col>, &or; <col>Hard-shelled clam</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the guahog.</cd> -- <col>Hard coal</col>, <cd>anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous or <i>soft<i> coal.</cd> -- <col>Hard and fast</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Fast</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hard finish</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.</cd> -- <col>Hard lines</col>, <cd>hardship; difficult conditions.</cd> -- <col>Hard money</col>, <cd>coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money.</cd>

-- <col>Hard oyster</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the northern native oyster.</cd> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark> -- <col>Hard pan</col>, <cd>the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the <i>hard pan</i> of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See <er>Pan</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hard rubber</col>. <cd>See under <er>Rubber</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hard solder</col>. <cd>See under <er>Solder</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hard water</col>, <cd>water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See <er>Hardness</er>, 3.</cd>- <col>Hard wood</col>, <cd>wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc.</cd>- <col>In hard condition</col>, <cd>in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles;-said of race horses.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See <er>Solid</er>, and <er>Arduous</er>.</syn>

<h1>Hard</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>harde</ets>, AS. <ets>hearde</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.</def>