Hard pan

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the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan.

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hardpan			Rotovators leave a hard pan about four inches or so down underground which impedes natural drainage so don't rotovate too often without deep digging beforehand. Dig this by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The story: Ten-year-old Lucky struggles to find control in her life in Hard Pan, population 43. EDUCATION EXTRA by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) No spade would go into the ground, so I resorted to the pickaxe, hacking out hard pan, carting it away, and trucking in plenty of compost. Growing season by Deen, Rosemary / Commonweal			hard fern Hard finish hard graft Hard grass hard hat hard hitter hard knocks hard labor hard labour hard landing hard lead hard lens hard line hard lines hard liquor hard maple hard missile base hard money Hard multum hard neck hard news hard of hearing Hard oyster hard pad hard palate Hard pan hard paste Hard pushed hard put hard right hard rock hard roe hard roll hard rubber hard rush hard sauce hard science hard sell hard shoulder Hard soap hard solder hard standing Hard steel hard surface hard tack hard tick hard time hard times hard to please hard up hard water			Hard of Hearing Christian Fellowship Hard of Hearing Organisation Hard of Hearing Services Specialist hard of heart Hard Offer Hard Offers hard oil Hard on Hard on Hard on Hard on Hard on hard on heels hard on someone's heels hard on the heels of Hard Overclockers Comparison Page Hard oyster hard pad hard pad hard page hard palate hard palate hard palate hard palate graft cleft palate hard palate graft cleft palate hard palate graft cleft palate hard palate graft cleft palate hard palates hard palates hard palates Hard pan Hard Parallel Interference Cancellation hard paste Hard Paste Porcelain hard patch Hard Physical Address hard pine hard pine hard plaster Hard Plastic Badge Holder Hard Point Demonstration Array Radar Hard Polymer Clad Fiber Hard Polyvinyl Chloride hard porcelain hard pressed Hard Proof Page Hard Proof Pages hard pulse hard pulse hard pulse hard pulse Hard pushed hard put hard put hard put hard put hard put to Hard radiation Hard radiation Hard radiation Hard radiation

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