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Definition of Bourd
1. n. A jest.
2. v. i. To jest.
Definition of Bourd
1. Noun. (obsolete) A joke; jesting, banter. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To jest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bourd
1. a jest [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bourd
Literary usage of Bourd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland by Abraham Mills (1858)
"ANDREW bourd. MORAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WIND. Though winds do rage as winds were
wood,1 And cause spring-tides to raise great flood; And lofty ships leave ..."
2. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"It seems to me that in providing for this office that some such bourd as tho
canal board should be provided for in the way of a check. ..."
3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"... Ben-a-bourd, mountain of Scotland, II. 247, 2 b ; monument to Prince Albert, ib.
Bena'cm La'cm, ancient name of Lake Garda, VIL 619, l c. ..."
4. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"... in the room of Mr. Henry Flower, resigned, took place in the Council-chamber,
Guildhall, at the usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan bourd of Works. ..."
5. The London Journal of Botany by William Jackson Hooker (1842)
"Clova, on the table-land bourd, 2000. " Clova, on the table-land." Cairn, 1.9OO.
... bourd, 2230. Braemar, 2200. Killin, 1200. Clova, 2200. " Isla rocks. ..."
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