ard
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- noun
- Archaic
:
arado
- The farmer used an ard to break the soil for planting crops.
Examples
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Using the ard, she could till the ground without disturbing the top layer.
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With an ard, he quickly prepared the field for the seeds.
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Oh, I feel well 'ard.
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He were an 'ard man, very 'ard.
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The men are often slow and "ard and don't have no woman feelings, live like animals.
Fiction book (1990) -
He were an 'ard man, very 'ard.
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"Then why does the bugger give me such a bleedin' 'ard time?"
Fiction book (1994) -
"Ow, it's an 'ard man you are, Ali Baba—no mercy for a poor clergyman what's worn down to 'is uppers.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
A simple light farm tool that loosens the top of the soil without turning it over
A simple light farming tool with one blade that scratches soil without turning it, used in ancient farming
Compounds
- Archaic
A simple light farming tool with one blade that scratches soil without turning it, used in ancient farming
How Simple
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ard comes from an old root ar- meaning 'to plough', the same idea you see in arable. An ard is a simple, light plough that only scratches the soil instead of turning it over, so the name fits its basic ploughing job.