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▪ I. † holard1 Obs.
[A by-form of holour, with suffix -ard.]
A whoremonger.
c1460Towneley Myst. (E.E.T.S.) xvi. 358 Haue at thy tabard, harlot and holard! Thou shalle not be sparde!
▪ II. holard2 Ecology.|ˈhɒlɑːd|
[f. Gr. ὅλος whole + ἄρδειν to water.]
The total water content of the soil.
1905F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. ii. 32 The total amount of water in the soil is divided into the available and the non-available water content. The terms suggested for these are respectively, holard..chresard..and echard. 1926Tansley & Chipp Study of Vegetation vii. 127 If the echard is subtracted from the holard (total amount of water in the fresh soil) the difference is called the chresard. 1929Weaver & Clements Plant Ecol. ix. 182 Of the total water content or holard (whole amount) the larger portion can be absorbed by the plant and is consequently termed available water. |