a. Obs. rare. [Perhaps f. COLL sb.3 though the dupe or simpleton is not exactly the type of the ‘hardy’ fool.] Foolhardy, foolishly rash.
1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 20 b. Away with this arrogancie: be no more so collhardy [Lat. ferociam comprime], and write hereafter more advisedly.
