v i To fit tightly; to work stiffly; to go hard; to enter or move with difficulty; or to press upon unpleasantly. 2 To be restive--a horse. 3 To offend, hurt, trouble; to be felt as hard to bear. 4 To be hard of interpretation--a stanza, a passage: to be hard of occurrence; to be improbable, incongruous, incompatible &c.
v i To fit tightly; to work stiffly; to go hard; to enter or move with difficulty; or to press upon unpleasantly. 2 To be restive--a horse. 3 To offend, hurt, trouble; to be felt as hard to bear. 4 To be hard of interpretation--a stanza, a passage: to be hard of occurrence; to be improbable, incongruous, incompatible &c.