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pot⋅sherd

  [pot-shurd]
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–noun
a broken pottery fragment, esp. one of archaeological value.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; equiv. to pot pot 1 + sherd, var. of shard
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pot·sherd   (pŏt'shûrd')   
n.  A fragment of broken pottery, especially one found in an archaeological excavation.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

potsherd 
c.1325, from pot (1) + schoord, from O.E. sceard (see shard).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Potsherd

a "shred", i.e., anything severed, as a fragment of earthenware (Job 2:8; Prov. 26:23; Isa. 45:9).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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