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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board. E. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are his shards, and he their beetle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A gap in a fence. [ Obs. ] Stanyhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A boundary; a division. [ Obs. & R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant; chard. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. “The shard-borne beetle.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having elytra, as a beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or consisting of, shards. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others. [ 1913 Webster ]

A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The pubes; the sharebone. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. --
Share and share alike, in equal shares. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shared p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing. ] 1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

While avarice and rapine share the land. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The shared visage hangs on equal sides. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The part of the plow to which the share is attached. [ 1913 Webster ]