a. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. --
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. e out, without + cardo a hinge. ] (Zoöl.) An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever
Of hardiness is mother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. nardinus, Gr.
a. (Zool.) Spotted like a pard. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pardine lynx (Zool.),
a. Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; so called from the island of
n. See Sardius. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being tardy. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Test a shell, and Cardo. ] (Zool.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]