~ 1
■ noun
1》 archaic or literary a poet, traditionally one reciting epics.
↘( the Bard ) Shakespeare.
2》 ( Bard ) the winner of a prize for Welsh verse at an Eisteddfod.
Derivatives
~ic adjective
Origin
ME: from Sc. Gaelic bàrd , Ir. ~ , Welsh ~d , of Celtic origin.
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~ 2
■ noun a rasher of fat bacon placed on meat or game before roasting.
■ verb cover with ~s.
Origin
C18: from Fr. ~e , a transferred sense of ~e 'armour for the breast of a warhorse'.