Hardy

Hardy

(1): ( a.) Able to withstand the cold of winter.

(2): ( a.) Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.

(3): ( a.) Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.

(4): ( a.) Strong; firm; compact.

(5): ( a.) Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.

(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.