surd

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It offers private, group and corporate surf lessons, as well as an after-school program, surd camps and rentals, according to its website.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2021

Adj. deaf, earless†, surd; hard of hearing, dull of hearing; deaf-mute, stunned, deafened; stone deaf; deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker†. inaudible, out of hearing.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

What meaneth this old dotard, surd and absurd, thus to control our actions?

From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

S has two sounds, soft, or surd, as in soft and this, and hard, or sonant, as in has and wise.

From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Again, he points out that the surd aspirate h is heard in some languages, but is hardly audible in others.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)