Hardy1. (a.) Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
2. (a.) Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
3. (a.) Strong; firm; compact.
4. (a.) Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
5. (a.) Able to withstand the cold of winter.
6. (n.) A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
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