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Definition of Sherd

1. Noun. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.

Definition of Sherd

1. n. A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.

Definition of Sherd

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of shard) ¹

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Definition of Sherd

1. shard [n -S] - See also: shard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sherd

Literary usage of Sherd

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

1. Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America by Archaeological Institute of America, William Cranston Lawton, Joseph Silas Diller, Joseph Thacher Clarke (1898)
"The painting upon this sherd is mainly dark brown upon a light red ground, the pigment being applied very thinly. Another color makes its appearance in the ..."

2. The Greek Coins by John H. Kroll (1993)
"Single sherd. D. not measurable, Shape form and type not precisely determinable. ... Single sherd. Max. D. 0.075. Probably a tankard of Form I or Form III ..."

3. Studies in Archaic Corinthian Vase Painting by Darrell Arlynn Amyx, Patricia Lawrence (1996)
"sherd from the body. From the Road Deposit. Very pale clay (Munsell 2.5Y ... This sherd preserves these with a bit of the solid black below (none of the ..."

4. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"Potsherd, also in AV " sherd," a broken piece of earthenware (Prov. xxvi. 23). which, according to the statement of St. Matthew (xxvii. ..."

5. The Pottery of Lerna IV by Jeremy B. Rutter (1995)
"Single sherd. D. not measurable. Shape form and type not precisely determinable. ... Single sherd. D. Rim 0.07. Form VIII. Syntax E. Interior rim: Vertical ..."

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