sard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sard
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin sarda < Greek sárdios sardius
Example Sentences
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She sard she did not believe in class consciousness and knew enough of human nature to know that there was greed, jealousy, immorality and selfishness among all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coast Guard: shore-patrol horses are sprayed with Skat to repel sard flies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ring I possess," said Rucellai, "is a fine sard that I myself purchased from Messer Tito.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
We shall have no plate except of gold and an ivory couch inlaid with jasper, or perhaps with sard.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
Sar′dachāte, a kind of agate containing layers of sard.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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