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hard-set, a.
[f. set pa. pple.]
1. In a hard or difficult position; beset by difficulty or trouble.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 55 Þere Hanibal was harde sette [infestatus] foure dayes wiþ Galles. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 449, I sall hald that I haue hecht, bot I be hard set. 1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1756) I. 254 The poor Creature is very hard set to drive his Water from him. 1890Boldrewood Col. Reformer (1891) 221, I have sent for some books..Until they arrive, I shall be rather hard-set.
2. Set so as to be hard or firm.
1813Sir R. Wilson Diary II. 448 More like Egypt's alluvium during the inundation than hard-set soil. 1890Nature 16 Oct. 602/1 Beds of rigid lava and hard-set ash.
b. Of eggs: That have been subject to incubation.
1879Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. 339 Some say it is the hardset eggs he [the snake] prefers.
c. Of the features, etc.: Rigidly set.
1855Tennyson Maud i. iv. iv, I..smile a hard-set smile, like a stoic.
3. Determined, obstinate.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xiii, It's a hard-set willyard beast this o' mine. |