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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bard \Bard\ (b[aum]rd), noun [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.
2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bard \Bard\, Barde \Barde\ (b[aum]rd), noun [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]
1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bard \Bard\, verb (used with an object) (Cookery) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bard \Bard\, noun [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.
2. Specifically, Peruvian bark.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eelpout \Eel"pout'\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bard
noun
1: a lyric poet
2: an ornamental caparison for a horse
verb: put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" [syn: {caparison}, {dress up}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bard, NM Zip code(s): 88411
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