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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Cookery) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. börkr, LG. & HG. borke. ] 1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. barde, of doubtful origin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [ Often in the pl. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. [ See Bard horse armor. ] 1. Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Wearing rich caparisons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. “The bardic lays of ancient Greece.” G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] An Italian marble of which the principal varieties occur in the neighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica. It commonly shows a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. “Bardish impostures.” Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inferior bard. J. Cunningham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a bard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + -ard. Cf. Bumper, and see Bomb. ] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bombardment. [ Poetic & R. ] J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Padded breeches. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde. ] (Mus.) See Bombardo. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bombarding. ] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. [ 1913 Webster ]

Next, she means to bombard Naples. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bombardier. ] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [ Archaic ] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bombardier beetle (Zool.), a kind of beetle (Brachinus crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the Brachinus displosor, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is Brachinus fumans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bombardement. ] An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ It. bombardo. ] (Mus.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Bombard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Sp. gabardina; cf. It. gavardina, OF. galvardine, calvardine, gavardine, galeverdine; perh. akin to Sp. & OF. gaban a sort of cloak or coat for rainy weather, F. caban great coat with a hood and sleeves, It. gabbano and perh. to E. cabin. ] A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. globerde, from glow. ] A glowworm. [ Obs. ] Holland.

n. [ See Globard. ] The glowworm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Leopard. ] A leopard. [ Obs. or Poetic ] Spenser. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. Leopard's bane. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See Long, and Beard, and cf. Lumber. ] 1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Same as Lombard-house. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lombard Street, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pawnbroker. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lombardic alphabet, the ancient alphabet derived from the Roman, and employed in the manuscript of Italy. --
Lombardic architecture, the debased Roman style of architecture as found in parts of Northern Italy. F. G. Lee.
Lombardy poplar. (Bot.) See Poplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ F. or D. lombard. See Lombard, n. ] 1. A bank or a pawnbroker's shop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piété. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lubberly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lubber. ] A lubber. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skālpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk. ] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in a scabbard. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Scaleboard plane, under Scaleboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. tampa`rion, LL. tabardum. ] A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [ Spelt also taberd. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In a tabard he [ the Plowman ] rode upon a mare. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who wears a tabard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]