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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hardy

/(här"dy̆)/ · Har·dy · IPA /ˈhɑɹdi/
01 a. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.
  1. 1.
    Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolute; intrepid.
    “Hap helpeth hardy man alway.” — Chaucer.
  2. 2.
    Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
  3. 3.
    Strong; firm; compact.
    “[A] blast may shake in pieces his hardy fabric.” — South.
  4. 4.
    Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
  5. 5.
    Able to withstand the cold of winter.
02 n. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
  1. 1.
    A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.