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<blockquote>He has in many things been <b>hardly</b> used. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Confidently; hardily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Certainly; surely; indeed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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

<hw>Hard"-mouthed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; <as>as, a <ex>hard-mouthed</ex> horse</as>.</def>

<h1>Hardness</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>heardness</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.</def>

<blockquote>The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory <b>hardness</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The peculiar quality exhibited by water which has mineral salts dissolved in it. Such water forms an insoluble compound with soap, and is hence unfit for washing purposes.</def>

<note>&hand; This quality is caused by the presence of calcium carbonate, causing <i>temporary hardness</i> which can be removed by boiling, or by calcium sulphate, causing <i>permanent hardness</i> which can not be so removed, but may be improved by the addition of sodium carbonate.</note>

<h1>Hardock</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Har"dock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Hordock</er>.</def>

<h1>Hardpan</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"pan`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The hard substratum. Same as <cref>Hard pan</cref>, under <er>Hard</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Hards</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hards</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>herdes</ets>, AS. <ets>heordan</ets>; <ets>akin to G</ets>. <ets>hede</ets>.]</ety> <def>The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow.</def>

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

<hw>Hard"-shell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.</def> <mark>[Collog., U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Hardship</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Hardspun</h1> <Xpage=670>

<hw>Hard"spun`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Firmly twisted in spinning.</def>

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

<hw>Hard"-tack`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.</def>