Definition of Hurds

1. n. The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.

Definition of Hurds

1. Noun. The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hurds

1. hards [n] - See also: hards

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurds

hurcheon
hurcheons
hurden
hurdens
hurdies
hurdle
hurdle race
hurdled
hurdler
hurdlers
hurdles
hurdlework
hurdleworks
hurdling
hurdlings
hurds (current term)
hurdy-gurdies
hurdy-gurdy
hurdy gurdy
hurkaru
hurkarus
hurkle
hurl
hurl'd
hurlbat
hurlbats
hurlbone
hurlbutite
hurled
hurler

Literary usage of Hurds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Charlestown: Historical, Biographical, Reminiscent by Timothy Thompson Sawyer (1902)
"... Street The hurds — Skinner, Hurd & Co.—John Skinner — John Kurd. -Ol THE name of Hurd appears among the earliest records of the town of Charlestown, ..."

2. The Sportsman's Dictionary; Or, The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Hunting (1785)
"... and ftop his ears with aqua vita; and herbage, well beaten together y put of this an equal quantity into each ear, and ftop flax or hurds upon it to ..."

3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"He adds that the swingle- tree hurds [hards] will make window-cloth and such like coarse stuff; and the hurds from a second ..."

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