Definition of hardy

• a. - Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
• a. - Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
• a. - Strong; firm; compact.
• a. - Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
• a. - Able to withstand the cold of winter.
• n. - A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.