[1] : 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 

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