[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hard \hard\ haumrd, a. compar. harder -~er; superl.
   hardest. oe. hard, heard, as. heard; akin to os.  d.
   hard, g. hart, ohg. herti, harti, icel. harethr, dan.
   haard, sw. hard, goth. hardus, gr. kraty`s strong,
   ka`rtos, kra`tos, strength, and also to e. -ard, as in
   coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf.
   skr. kratu strength, k.r to do, make. cf. hardy.
   1. not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not
      yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to
      material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood;
      hard flesh; a hard apple.
      1913 webster

   2. difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended,
      decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
      1913 webster

            the hard causes they brought unto moses. --ex.
                                                  xviii. 26.
      1913 webster

            in which are some things hard to be understood. --2
                                                  peter iii. 16.
      1913 webster

   3. difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious;
      fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to
      cure.
      1913 webster

   4. difficult to resist or control; powerful.
      1913 webster

            the stag was too hard for the horse.  --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

            a power which will be always too hard for them.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

   5. difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or
      consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive;
      distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times;
      hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
      1913 webster

            i never could drive a hard bargain.   --burke.
      1913 webster

   6. difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding;
      obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard
      master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
      1913 webster

   7. not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid;
      ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
      1913 webster

            figures harder than even the marble itself.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   8. rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
      1913 webster

   9. pron. abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated,
      sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the
      organs from one position to another; -- said of certain
      consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished
      from the same letters in center, general, etc.
      1913 webster

   10. wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a
       hard tone.
       1913 webster

   11. painting
       a rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures;
           formal; lacking grace of composition.
       b having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the
           coloring or light and shade.
           1913 webster

   hard cancer, hard case, etc. see under cancer, case,
      etc.

   hard clam, or hard-shelled clam zool., the quahog.

   hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous
      coal soft coal.

   hard and fast. naut. see under fast.

   hard finish arch., a smooth finishing coat of hard fine
      plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.

   hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions.

   hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper
      money.

   hard oyster zool., the northern native oyster. local, u.
      s.

   hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil;
      hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental
      part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of
      character, of a matter in dispute, etc. see pan.

   hard rubber. see under rubber.

   hard solder. see under solder.

   hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral
      substance rendering it unfit for washing. see hardness,
      3.

   hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak,
      ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar,
      hemlock, etc.

   in hard condition, in excellent condition for racing;
      having firm muscles; -- said of race horses.

   syn: solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn;
        stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe;
        obdurate; rigid. see solid, and arduous.
        1913 webster
see also:
harder hardest hardy soft hard cancer hard case 
cancer case hard clam hard-shelled clam hard coal 
bituminous coal soft coal hard and fast fast hard finish 
hard lines hard money hard oyster hard pan pan 
hard rubber rubber hard solder solder hard water 
hardness hard wood in hard condition solid arduous 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fast \fast\, a. compar. faster; superl. fastest. oe.,
   firm, strong, not loose, as. faest; akin to os. fast, d.
   vast, ohg. fasti, festi, g. fest, icel. fastr, sw.  dan.
   fast, and perh. to e. fetter. the sense swift comes from the
   idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a scandinavian use.
   cf. fast, adv., fast, v., avast.
   1. firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose,
      unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the
      door.
      1913 webster

            there is an order that keeps things fast. --burke.
      1913 webster

   2. firm against attack; fortified by nature or art;
      impregnable; strong.
      1913 webster

            outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   3. firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or
      alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.
      1913 webster

   4. permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by
      washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.
      1913 webster

   5. tenacious; retentive. obs.
      1913 webster

            roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their
            smells.                               --bacon.
      1913 webster

   6. not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
      1913 webster

            all this while in a most fast sleep.  --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast
      horse.
      1913 webster

   8. given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint;
      reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a
      fast liver. --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   9. in such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make
      possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast
      racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard
      table, etc.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant,
      esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play
      fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy
      or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another.
      "play fast and loose with faith." --shak.

   fast and loose pulleys mach., two pulleys placed side by
      side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another
      shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re"engage
      the machinery driven thereby. when the machinery is to be
      stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to
      the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and
      vice versa.

   hard and fast naut., so completely aground as to be
      immovable.

   to make fast naut., to make secure; to fasten firmly, as
      a vessel, a rope, or a door.
      1913 webster
see also:
faster fastest fast avast fast and loose fast and loose pulleys 
hard and fast to make fast 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "hard and fast":
   absolute, aground, authoritative, binding, canonical, compulsory,
   conclusive, decisive, decretory, dictated, didactic, entailed,
   final, formulary, hard-and-fast, imperative, imposed, instructive,
   irrevocable, mandated, mandatory, must, obligatory, official,
   on the rocks, peremptory, preceptive, prescribed, prescript,
   prescriptive, regulation, required, rubric, standard, statutory,
   ultimate, without appeal

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