| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.[Websters] 2. Being tough, stiff, inflexible, rigid or persistent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being uncompromising or intransigent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb hard-shelly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hard-shelly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hard-shell.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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"Hard-shell" is a common misspelling or typo for: hard-shelly. |
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Date "Hard-shell" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Hard-shell clam | 1: An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Hard-shell crab | Edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
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| Hard-shell Baptists | 6 | Hard-shell Baptists | 6 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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