hardy

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Being in robust and sturdy good health. See Synonyms at healthy.
2. adj. Courageous; intrepid.
3. adj. Brazenly daring; audacious.
4. adj. Capable of surviving unfavorable conditions, such as cold weather or lack of moisture. Used especially of cultivated plants.
5. n. A square-shanked chisel that fits into a square hole in an anvil.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Bold; intrepid; daring; confident; audacious.
2. Requiring or imparting courage, vigor, and endurance; that must be done boldly or energetically: as, a hardy exploit; hardy occupations.
3. Strong; enduring; capable of resisting fatigue, hardship, or exposure: as, a hardy peasant; a hardy plant.
4. Synonyms Stout-hearted, courageous, valiant, daring. See note under hardihood.
5. Hale, robust, sturdy, tough.
6. To become hardy, daring, or audacious.
7. n. In blacksmithing, a chisel or fuller having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
2. n. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions
2. adj. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
3. adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation
4. n. United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
5. n. English novelist and poet (1840-1928)