adj strong; firm; compact.
2. hardy ·adj able to withstand the cold of winter.
3. hardy ·adj bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
4. hardy ·adj confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
5. hardy ·adj inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
6. hardy ·noun a blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.