Bard \Bard\, Barde \Barde\ (b[aum]rd), n. [F. barde, of doubtful
   origin.]
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   1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for
      a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the
      pl.]
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   2. pl. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
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   3. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat
      or game.
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	Bard \Bard\, v. t. (Cookery)
   To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
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	Bard \Bard\ (b[aum]rd), 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.
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   2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
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	Bard \Bard\, n. [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.
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   2. Specifically, Peruvian bark.
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   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.
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	Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [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.
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	bard
    n 1: a lyric poet
    2: an ornamental caparison for a horse
    v 1: put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive
         occasion" [syn: caparison, bard, barde, dress up]

	

	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