What is "sheard"

Shard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.]

1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
   --Shak.

   The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board.
   --E. Arnold.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle.

   They are his shards, and he their beetle.
   --Shak.

3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.]
   --Stanyhurst.

4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.]
   --Spenser.

n. (obsolete form of shard English)

Sheard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Charles Sheard, M.D. (1857–1929), medical doctor, public health official and politician
• Jabaal Sheard (born 1989), American football defensive end
• John Sheard, Canadian pianist, producer and arranger
• Joseph Sheard (1813–1883), Canadian architect and politician
• Karen Clark Sheard (born 1960), American gospel four-time Grammy Award winning singer, musician, and songwriter
• Kierra Sheard, American gospel recording artist
• Leslie Sheard, English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, and coach of the 1980s
• Mia Sheard, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
• Michael Sheard (1938–2005), Scottish actor who featured in a large number of films and TV programmes
• Sarah Sheard (born 1953), Canadian novelist
• Titus Sheard (1841–1904), American businessman and politician
• Tom Sheard (1889–1954), motorcycle racer with 2 victories at the Isle of Man TT races