(originally Australia) The key effort in completing a difficult task.

A mechanical device that limits the travel of a mechanism. / A definite time when someone must end a task in order to meet another time commitment.

(pottery) Describing the condition of a clay or clay body when it has been partially dried to the point where all shrinkage has been completed.

Forced servitude in the form of physically difficult labor, usually as a penal punishment.

plural of hard shoulder

Not sensitive to the bit; not easily governed. / Hard-featured about the mouth.

(humorous, derogatory) Having difficulty in thinking; stupid.

Alternative spelling of rock hard

Alternative spelling of hardhanded.

Alternative spelling of hardhanded.