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Definition of Bard

1. Noun. A lyric poet.

2. Verb. Put a caparison on. "Caparison the horses for the festive occasion"

3. Noun. An ornamental caparison for a horse.

Definition of Bard

1. n. 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. n. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

3. v. t. To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Definition of Bard

1. to armor a horse [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Bard

1. 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, 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. Origin: Akin to Dan. & Sw. Bark, Icel. Borkr, LG. & HG. Borke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bard

barcarolles barcas Barcelona barchan barchane barchanes barchans Barclay Barclay-Baron disease Barcoo rot

Barcoo vomit Barcroft Barcroft-Warburg apparatus Barcroft-Warburg technique bard (current term) bard (current term) bardash bardashes barde barded

Bardeen bardes Bardet Bardet-Biedl syndrome bardic bardier bardiest Bardinet Bardinet's ligament barding

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