Word Definition

Hardy

  1. Able to withstand the cold of winter.
  2. Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
  3. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
  4. Strong; firm; compact.
  5. Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolue; intrepid.
  6. Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.