Brewer's: Hard By

Near. Hard means close, pressed close together; hence firm or solid, in close proximity to.

“Hard by a sheltering wood.”

DavidMallet: Edwin and Emma.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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