bard
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Bard \Bard\, Barde \Barde\ (b[aum]rd), n. [F. barde, of doubtful
origin.]
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1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for
a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the
pl.]
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2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
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3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat
or game.
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Bard \Bard\ (b[aum]rd), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. bardd, Arm.
barz, Ir. & Gael. bard, and F. barde.]
1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient
Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in
honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
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2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
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Bard \Bard\, n. [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. b["o]rkr, LG. &
HG. borke.]
1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree;
the rind.
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2. Specifically, Peruvian bark.
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{Bark bed}. See {Bark stove} (below).
{Bark pit}, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides
are steeped in tanning.
{Bark stove} (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical
plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed)
or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
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Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for
producing living young; -- called also {greenbone},
{guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American
species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish},
and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}.
Both are edible, but of little value.
(b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "bard":
Meistersinger, Parnassian, arch-poet, ballad maker, ballad singer,
balladeer, balladmonger, beat poet, bucoliast, elegist, epic poet,
fili, folk singer, folk-rock singer, gleeman, idyllist, imagist,
jongleur, laureate, librettist, major poet, maker, minnesinger,
minor poet, minstrel, modernist, muse, occasional poet, odist,
pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet, poet laureate, poetress,
rhapsode, rhapsodist, satirist, scop, serenader, skald, sonneteer,
street singer, strolling minstrel, symbolist, troubadour, trouveur,
trovatore, vers libriste, vers-librist, wait, wandering minstrel
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