Bard vs Rouge - What's the difference?
bard | rouge |
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.
* 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 2.
(by extension) A poet.
A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
(cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
To cover a horse in defensive armor.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 29:
(cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
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Any reddish pink colour.
(Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
In the Eton College field game, a five-point score awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball.
(chemistry, archaic) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.
To apply rouge (makeup).
As nouns the difference between bard and rouge
is that bard is poet, bard while rouge is .bard
English
Etymology 1
(15th c.) from (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(wikipedia bard) (en noun)- But the divine power cannot be jealous (nay, according to the proverb, 'bards tell a lie'),
- the bard of Avon
Derived terms
* bardicEtymology 2
From (etyl) barde. English since the late 15th century.Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded , consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.
Anagrams
* * * ----rouge
English
(wikipedia rouge)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (makeup) blushVerb
(roug)- She rouged her face before setting out for the party.