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hardwares

  1. (nonstandard) plural of hardware
    • 1751, Geronymo de Uztariz [i.e., Luis Jerónimo of Uztáriz and Hemiaga], translated by John Kippax, The Theory and Practice of Commerce and Maritime Affairs, volume II, London: [] John and James Rivington, []; and John Crofts, [], pages 324–325:
      That it is one and two thirds per cent. upon all ſorts of leather, ſkins, and wax from the Levant, looſe cotton from Malta, Alquitran, cochinille, campeche, wood, copperas, lead, gunpowder, pitch, and tin oar; and upon all goods made of ſilk, hair and wool, eleven and two thirds per cent. and the ſame upon all fiſh, ſalt beef, thread, dyed ſilk, ribbons of all ſorts, ſtockings, hats, hardwares, iron, ſteel and copper unwrought, pipe ſtaves, dried fruits, all ſorts of apothecary’s drugs, and other ſmall articles, ſheep, hogs, mules, &c. and though there be charged about 52 per cent. in the ſaid cuſtom houſes out of Barcelona, upon all ſorts of goods made up, or worked with the needle for wearing apparel, tin manufactured, and other materials wrought up in any ſhape, as alſo cotton ſpun or in the ſkeyn brought from the Levant, ſo few are the ſaid commodities, that are brought in and entred upon account of the high duty, that they can very little reduce thoſe of the fifteen per cent. that ſhall be charged, nay the product will be rather augmented by a reduction of the duty, as we ſhall prevent the frauds, that are uſually committed in this merchandiſe for the reaſons abovementioned.
    • 1842, John MacGregor, Commercial Tariffs and Regulations of the Several States of Europe and America, Together with the Commercial Treaties Between England and Foreign Countries, part the fifth (States of the Germanic Union of Customs; Also, the Hanse Towns, Holstein, Hanover, Oldenburg, and Mecklenburg), London: [] Charles Whiting, [], page 127:
      Hardwares are also manufactured with success in the Prussian states. Nuremberg is celebrated for toys, and Augsburg, Wurzburg, Munich, and other places in Bavaria produce common hardwares and tools. Würtemberg manufactures jewellery, cutlery, and common hardwares. Saxony has several manufactures of hardwares, &c.
    • 1919, North Pacific Ports: A Compilation of Useful Marine, Exporting and Importing Information for Alaska and the Western Coasts of Canada and the United States, page 428:
      Exporters of hardwares, earthenwares, glasswares, rubber goods, piece goods, braids, brushes, buttons, corns, dyes, celluloid goods, electrics, []
    • 2014, Guérin Lassous, T. Razafindralambo, “Substitution Network: Controlled Mobility for Network Rescue”, in Nathalie Mitton, David Simplot-Ryl, editors, Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks: From Topology Control to Communication Aspects, World Scientific, →ISBN, page 95:
      It is worth noting that, in this section, we try to be as general as possible and not to focus on specific hardwares, softwares, mechanisms or technologies.

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