The quality of being hard to bear; adversity, hardship; harsh treatment; austerity. Also: an instance of this; = hardship, n. 2a 3.

Something which is hard to bear. As a count noun: a harsh, adverse, or harassing circumstance; a difficulty, esp. in respect of one's ability to live…

A position of hardship, danger, or intense excitement; a painful, terrible, or exciting experience. Obsolete.

= hardness, n. (in various senses). Obsolete.

Probably: something undergone, an experience. Only in a bitter spread. Obsolete. rare.

concrete. That which is endured; a hardship.

The action of enduring; concrete that which is endured; hardship, suffering.

In immaterial applications of sense 9a. plural. Trials, hardships. Obsolete.

a hard chapter: a painful lesson or experience, ‘hard lines’. Obsolete.