shard¹ /shärd/ or sherd /shûrd/

1. A gap (now dialect)
2. A scrap, broken piece, esp of pottery
3. A boundary water (archaic)

shard² /shärd/ (Shakespeare)

A piece of cow-dung

shardˈed adjective (archaic)

Sheltered under dung

shard beetle noun

A dor-beetle, laying its eggs in cow-dung

shardˈ-borne adjective see separate entry.

shard⁴ /shärd/ (zoology)

A tough or hard sheath or shell, such as a beetle's wingcase

• uncrumple
• uncrumpled
• uncrumples
• uncrumpling
• uncrushable
• uncrystallisable
• uncrystallised
• uncrystallizable
• uncrystallized
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• unction
• unctions
• unctuosities
• unctuosity
• unctuous
• unctuously
• unctuousness
• unctuousnesses
• uncuckolded
• unculled
• uncultivable
• uncultivatable
• uncultivated
• uncultured
• uncumbered