hurds
plural noun
ˈhərdz
: the coarse parts of flax or hemp that adhere to the fiber after it is separated
called also hards
Word History
Etymology
Middle English herdes, hurdes (plural), from Old English heordan (plural); akin to Old English -heord hair of a woman's head, Old Norse haddr hair of a woman's head, Greek keskeon tow, Russian kosa braid
- extramatrimonial
- extramental
- extrameridian
- extrameridional
- extrametrical
- extramorainal
- extramorainic
- extramundane
- extramural
- extramurally
- extramusical
- extranei heredes
- extraneities
- extraneity
- extraneous
- extraneously
- extraneousness
- extraneousnesses
- extranet
- extranets
- extraneus heres
- extranuclear
- hiring
- hiring hall
- hiring out