Hurd-Meat
' herd ' (q.v.) for tending the village cattle and sheep.
📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
' herd ' (q.v.) for tending the village cattle and sheep. HURDY, 'sb. Frf. pi. in phr. over the hardies, over
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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- herdship64%
(Scotland, obsolete) The wrongful driving away of cattle.
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- hurdies60%
A dialect term from Scottish and Northern English speech for the buttocks or rump — straightforward, earthy, and unashamed. It's the kind of word that sounds funnier the more you say it, and it carries no real vulgarity despite its subject matter. You're more likely to find it in historical texts, dialect poetry, or deliberately folksy conversation than in modern everyday speech, but it has a warm, regional charm that makes it worth knowing.
- hurdies59%
(UK, dialect) buttocks; rump.
- hurden57%
(UK, obsolete) A coarse kind of linen made from hards (also called hurds).