A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
Impudent.
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
Brave and resolute.
A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.
crude iron