Liard

a. [O. Fr. liart, liarde, Pr. liar, lear, It. leardo, L. Lat. liardus, gray, dapple, probably from Lat. lætus, O. Fr. lié, gay, also applied to light colors, and the termination ard, q. v.; but cf. also W. llai, a darkish blue color, march llai, a dark-gray horse.] Gray. [Obs.] Chaucer.

☞ This old English word is still used in Scotland, with the spelling liart, or lyart; as, lyart haffits, gray hairs on the temples. Burns.

(le-är'), n. [Fr.] A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sous.