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sard

UK/sɑː(ɹ)d/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony

Origin

From Middle English serden, from Old English seorþan (“to violate, rape”), from Proto-Germanic *serþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sert- (“to hit”).

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