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A South African mullet, salted for food.

A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.

; seasonably; early. To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow.

lements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507º Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some mineral…

ther in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.

A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.

of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.

A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple. Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay.

The head; -- used contemptuously. Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak.

copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. -- Germ…

memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson. It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty. Bp. Fell.

uce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity. This grated harder upon the hearts of men. South.

ge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture. First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess. Pope.

or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. Figures harder than even the marble itself. Dryden.

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

Making hard or harder.

element, of the same group as platinum, which it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4. Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.

A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.

To affirm; to support or defend by argument. It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. South.

To displease; to make angry; to affront. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Prov. xviii. 19.