bard

Definitions

1. 1.Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
2. 2.A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
3. 3.pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
4. 4.(Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
5. 5.To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
6. 6.The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
7. 7.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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