shard
n. வண்டாடை, வண்டின் சிறகுக்கு உறையாயமைந்துள்ள தாள் போன்ற மெல்லிதழ், பூந்தொட்டியடைக்கப்பயன்படும் ஒட்டுச்சில்லு.
Shard, n. Defn: A plant; chard. [Obs.] Dryden. Shard, n. Etym: [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.] 1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail. Shak. The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board. E. Arnold. 2. (Zoöl.) Defn: The hard wing case of a beetle. They are his shards, and he their beetle. Shak. 3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] Stanyhurst. 4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] Spenser.