Hard"-fought` (-ft`), a. Vigorously contested; as, a hard-fought
battle.
Hard" grass` (grs`). (Bot.) A name given to several different grasses,
especially to the Roltbˆllia incurvata, and to the species of ∆gilops,
from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived.
Hard"hack` (-hk`), n. (Bot.) A very astringent shrub (SpirÊa
tomentosa), common in pastures. The Potentilla fruticosa is also called
by this name.
Hard"-hand`ed (-hnd`d), a. Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
Hard-handed men that work in Athens here.
Shak.
Hard"head` (-hd`), n. 1. Clash or collision of heads in contest.
Dryden.
2. (Zoˆl.) (a) The menhaden. See Menhaden. [Local, U. S.] (b) Block's
gurnard (Trigla gurnardus) of Europe. (c) A California salmon; the
steelhead. (d) The gray whale. See Gray whale, under Gray. (e) A coarse
American commercial sponge (Spongia dura).
Hard"-head`ed, a. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. --
Hard"-head`ed*ness, n.
Hard"-heart`ed (-h‰rt`d), a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel;
pitiless. -- Hard"-heart`ed*ness, n.