Part 911

<h1>Barcon</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bar"con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>barcone</ets>, fr. <ets>barca</ets> a bark.]</ety> <def>A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.</def>

<h1>Bard</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>bardd</ets>, Arm. <ets>barz</ets>, Ir. & Gael. <ets>bard</ets>, and F. <ets>barde</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A poet; <as>as, the <ex>bard</ex> of Avon</as>.</def>

<h1>Bard, Barde</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw><hw>Bard</hw>, <hw>Barde</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>barde</ets>, of doubtful origin.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the <tt>pl.</tt>]</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.</def>

<h1>Bard</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.</def>

<h1>Barded</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard"ed</hw>, <tt>p.a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bard</er> horse armor.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Wearing rich caparisons.</def>

<blockquote>Fifteen hundred men . . . <b>barded</b> and richly trapped. <i>Stow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bardic</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry.</def>

"The <b>bardic</b> lays of ancient Greece." <i>G. P. Marsh.</i>

<h1>Bardish</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.</def> "<i>Bardish</i> impostures."

<i>Selden.</i>

<h1>Bardism</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.</def>

<h1>Bardling</h1> <Xpage=119>

<hw>Bard"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inferior bard.</def>

<i>J. Cunningham.</i>

<h1>Bardship</h1> <Xpage=119>