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  Hard \Hard\, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]
     1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
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              And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              My father
              Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. --Shak.
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     2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
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     3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. --Shak.
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     4. So as to raise difficulties. ``The question is hard set.''
        --Sir T. Browne.
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     5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with
        force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously;
        energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence,
        rapidly; nimbly; as, to run hard.
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     6. Close or near.
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              Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts
                                                    xviii. 7.
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     Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. ``Hard by a
        cottage chimney smokes.'' --Milton.
  
     Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed; as, he was hard
        pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.]
  
     Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without
        money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
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     Note: Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of
           command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should
           be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm
           should be put, in the direction indicated, to the
           extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard
           alee! Hard aweather! Hard up!
           Hard is also often used in composition with a
           participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned; hard-featured;
           hard-working; hard-won.
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  Hard \Hard\, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.]
     1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
  
              And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
  
     3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. --Shak.
  
     4. So as to raise difficulties. `` The guestion is hard
        set''. --Sir T. Browne.
  
     5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with
        force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously;
        energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence,
        rapidly; as, to run hard.
  
     6. Close or near.
  
              Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. --Acts
                                                    xviii.7.
  
     Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. ``Hard by a
        cottage chimney smokes.'' --Milton.
  
     Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed; as, he was hard
        pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. [Colloq.]
  
     Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without
        money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. [Slang]
  
     Note: Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of
           command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should
           be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm
           should be put, in the direction indicated, to the
           extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard
           alee! Hard aweather up! Hard is also often used in
           composition with a participle; as, hard-baked;
           hard-earned; hard-working; hard-won.