shard

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SH'ARD, noun 1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel or of any brittle substance. Obs. 2. The shell of an egg or of a snail. 3. A plant. [chard.] 4. A frith or strait; as a perilous shard. 5. A gap. 6. A fish.
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