English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Barcarolle
(n.)
A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
Barcon
(n.)
A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.
Bard
(n.)
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
Bard
(v. t.)
To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Bard
(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.
Bard
(n.)
Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
Bard
(n.)
Alt. of Barde
Bard
(n.)
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree;
the rind.
Barde
(n.)
A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a
horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
Barde
(pl.)
A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Barde
(pl.)
Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
Barded
(p.a.)
Wearing rich caparisons.
Barded
(p.a.)
Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
Bardic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry.
Bardish
(a.)
Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.
Bardism
(n.)
The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
Bardling
(n.)
An inferior bard.
Bardship
(n.)
The state of being a bard.
Bare
(a.)
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or
actions; open to view; exposed.
Bare
(a.)
Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering;
naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.