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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
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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