the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See shard.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as shard.
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n. a broken piece of a brittle artifact
Word Usage
"Every one taking an ostracon, a sherd, that is, or piece of earthenware, wrote upon it the citizens name he would have banished, and carried it to a certain part of the market-place surrounded with wooden rails."