"hards" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɑɹdz/ [General-American], /hɑːdz/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} hards
  1. plural of hard Tags: form-of, plural Form of: hard
    Sense id: en-hards-en-noun-LxrgGGxZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /hɑɹdz/ [General-American], /hɑːdz/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz Etymology: From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|herdes}} Middle English herdes, {{inh|en|ang|heordan|t=hards of flax, tow}} Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*heʀdā}} Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hezdǭ}} Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kes-|t=to comb, card}} Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hards (uncountable)
  1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: tow, oakum, hurds Translations (The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp): кълчища (kǎlčišta) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-hards-en-noun-7Io7-UXi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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