Hardener to Harlequinade
Hardener
(Hard"en*er) n. One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.
Hardening
(Hard"en*ing), n.
1. Making hard or harder.
2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
Harder
(Har"der) n. (Zoöl.) A South African mullet, salted for food.
Harderian
(Har*de"ri*an) a. (Anat.) A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit
of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under
Nictitate.
Hard-favored
(Hard"-fa`vored) a. Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored. Dryden.
Hard-favoredness
(Hard"-fa`vored*ness), n. Coarseness of features.
Hard-featured
(Hard"-fea`tured) a. Having coarse, unattractive or stern features. Smollett.
Hardfern
(Hard"fern`) n. (Bot.) A species of fern growing in Europe and Northwestern America.
Hard-fisted
(Hard"-fist`ed) a.
1. Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.
2. Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly. Bp. Hall.
Hard-fought
(Hard"-fought`) a. Vigorously contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
Hard grass
(Hard" grass`) (Bot.) A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltböllia
incurvata, and to the species of Ægilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived.
Hardhack
(Hard"hack`) n. (Bot.) A very astringent shrub (Spiræa tomentosa), common in pastures. The
Potentilla fruticosa is also called by this name.
Hard-handed
(Hard"-hand`ed) a. Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
Hard-handed men that work in Athens here.
Shak. Hardhead
(Hard"head`) n.
1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The menhaden. See Menhaden. [Local, U. S.] (b) Block's gurnard (Trigla gurnardus)
of Europe. (c) A California salmon; the steelhead. (d) The gray whale. See Gray whale, under Gray.
(e) A coarse American commercial sponge
Hard-headed
(Hard"-head`ed), a. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. — Hard"-head`ed*ness,
n.
Hard-hearted
(Hard"-heart`ed) a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. — Hard"-heart`ed*ness, n.
Hardihead
(Har"di*head) n. Hardihood. [Obs.]
