[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bard \bard\, barde \barde\ baumrd, 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

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bard \bard\, v. t. cookery
   to cover meat or game with a thin slice of fat bacon.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bard \bard\ baumrd, 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 bard

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bard \bard\, n. akin to dan.  sw. bark, icel. b"orkr, 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
see also:
bark bed bark stove bark pit 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eelpout \eel"pout`\, n. as. ?lepute. zo"ol.
   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.
       1913 webster
see also:
zoarces viviparus greenbone guffer bard maroona eel z. anguillaris 
mutton fish congo eel ling lamper eel 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bard
     n 1: a lyric poet
     2: an ornamental caparison for a horse
     v : put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive
         occasion" syn: caparison, dress up
see also:
caparison dress up 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

bard, nm
  zip codes: 88411

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