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hards

Hards (noun) means the short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

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The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
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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”).

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"hards" (noun) means the short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

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