▪ I. sharded, ppl. a.1
(ˈʃɑːdɪd)
[f. shard n.1 and v. + -ed1.]
† a. Of a serpent: Scaly (obs.). b. Reduced to shards or fragments; of the moon, reduced to a crescent.
| 1390 Gower Conf. II. 251 That Serpent..was so scherded al aboute, It hield all eggetol withoute, He was so ruide and hard of skin, Ther mihte nothing go therin. 1582 Stanyhurst Conceits in æneis, etc. (Arb.) 137 With rent rocks chamferye sharded. 1876 Morris Sigurd ii. 120 The sharded moon. |
▪ II. † ˈsharded, ppl. a.2 Obs. rare—1.
[f. shard n.2 + -ed2.]
Of a beetle: Living in dung.
| 1611 Shakes. Cymb. iii. iii. 20 And often to our comfort, shall we finde The sharded-Beetle, in a safer hold Then is the full-wing'd Eagle. |