Shard
(Shard) n. A plant; chard. [Obs.] Dryden.
Shard
(Shard), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard
a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skarð. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and
sherd.]
1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
Shak.
The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board.
E. Arnold. 2. (Zoöl.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
They are his shards, and he their beetle.
Shak. 3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] Stanyhurst.
4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] Spenser.
Shard-borne
(Shard"-borne`) a. Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. "The shard-borne beetle." Shak.
Sharded
(Shard"ed), a. (Zoöl.) Having elytra, as a beetle.
Shardy
(Shard"y) a. Having, or consisting of, shards.
Share
(Share) n. [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v.
See Shear.]
1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a
plowshare.
2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. Knight.
Share
(Share), n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.]
1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
2. Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a
portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. "My share of fame." Dryden.
3. Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as,
a ship owned in ten shares.
4. The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] Holland.
To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. — Share and share alike, in equal shares.
Share
(Share), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing.]
1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger.
Swift.
2. To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as,
to share a shelter with another.
While avarice and rapine share the land.
Milton.
