Whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Acts xviii. 7.
Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. "Hard by a cottage
chimney smokes." Milton. -- Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed; as,
he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.] -- Hard
up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without money or resources;
as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of command to the
helmsman, denoting that the order should be carried out with the utmost
energy, or that the helm should be put, in the direction indicated, to
the extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard alee! Hard
aweather! Hard up! Hard is also often used in composition with a
participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned; hard-featured; hard-working;
hard-won.
Hard (h‰rd), v. t. To harden; to make hard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hard, n. A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
Hard"bake` (-bk`), n. A sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses
made with almonds, and flavored with orange or lemon juice, etc.
Thackeray.
Hard"beam` (-bm`), n. (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact,
horny texture; hornbeam.
Hard"en (h‰rd"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hardened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hardening (-'n*ng).] [OE. hardnen, hardenen.] 1. To make hard or
harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or
iron.
2. To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to
strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or
shame; to make unimpressionable. "Harden not your heart." Ps. xcv. 8.