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 ]
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