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
To this period belongs a beautiful sard in my collection representing Serapis,... whilst before him stands Isis, holding in one hand the sistrum, in the other a wheatsheaf, with the legend...
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
Agates of the finest types, such as carnelian and sard, come principally from Brazil and from India.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram
He could see her profile set against the deep-red glow like an intaglio on sard.
From The Street Called Straight by Lowell, Orson
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