sard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sard
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin sarda < Greek sárdios sardius
Example Sentences
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Coast Guard: shore-patrol horses are sprayed with Skat to repel sard flies.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Lump of "sard," of a pale-red flesh colour.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
To my moind, a sight o' more snaw is a-coomin'; and what mah sard or goon foight again it?
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
On one of the sard stones Isis stands before Serapis holding the sistrum in one hand, in the other a wheatsheaf, the legend being ‘Immaculate is our Lady Isis,’ which proves the continuity from Kam.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
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