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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

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

<hw>Hard"-fought`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. Vigorously</tt> <def>contested; <as>as, a <ex>hard-fought</ex> battle</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Hard" grass`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to several different grasses, especially to the <spn>Roltb\'94llia incurvata</spn>, and to the species of <spn>\'92gilops</spn>, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived.</def>

<h1>Hardhack</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"hack`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A very astringent shrub (<spn>Spir\'91a tomentosa</spn>), common in pastures. The <spn>Potentilla fruticosa</spn> in also called by this name.</def>

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

<hw>Hard"-hand`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hard-handed</b> men that work in Athens here. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hardhead</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Clash or collision of heads in contest.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The menhaden. See <er>Menhaden</er>.</def> <mark>[Local, U.S.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Block's gurnard (<spn>Trigla gurnardus</spn>) of Europe</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A California salmon; the steelhead</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The gray whale</def>. See <cref>Gray whale</cref>, under <er>Gray</er>. <sd>(e)</sd> <def>A coarse American commercial sponge (<spn>Spongia dura</spn>).</def>

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

<hw>Hard"-head`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hard"-head`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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

<hw>Hard"-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hard"-heart`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Harddihead</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"di*head</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hardihood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Harddihood</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"di*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hardy</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <def>Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence.</def>

<blockquote>A bound of graceful <b>hardihood</b>. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is the society of numbers which gives <b>hardihood</b> to iniquity. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Intrepidity; courage; pluck; resolution; stoutness; audacity; effrontery; impudence.</syn>

<h1>Hardily</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Har"di*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Same as <er>Hardly</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>