sherd

[shurd]

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noun

shard.

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shard or sherd (ʃɑːd)

—n
1.	a broken piece or fragment of a brittle substance, esp of pottery
2.	zoology a tough sheath, scale, or shell, esp the elytra of a beetle

[Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch]

sherd or sherd

—n

[Old English sceard; related to Old Norse skarth notch, Middle High German scharte notch]

sherd (ʃɜːd)

—n
	a variant of shard

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