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bing | bard |

As a proper noun bing

is of (etyl) origin and unknown meaning or bing can be (internet) a search engine introduced by microsoft in 2009.

As a noun bard is

poet, bard.

bing

English

(wikipedia bing)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang): Prison solitary confinement, a term used by inmates.
  • (British) A heap or pile, such as a slag heap. Cognate with Scots bing.
  • The sound made by a bell, an
    • : Bing ! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times. :: Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010 , Jim Rankin http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010) : Bing Bang Boing :: Douglas Florian, 1994 http://books.google.com/books?id=KtsSWKOWfnwC&printsec=frontcover
  • v=onepage&q&f=false (accessed 17 September 2010)
    • : The Tao of Bada Bing :: David Chase, 2003 http://books.google.com/books?id=R9FlujWxnDEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:ISBN1566492785 (accessed 17 September 2010)

    See also

    * ping * ding * boing * bada bing bada boom

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    bard

    English

    Etymology 1

    (15th c.) from (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia bard) (en noun)
  • 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.
    • But the divine power cannot be jealous (nay, according to the proverb, 'bards tell a lie'),
  • (by extension) A poet.
    • the bard of Avon
    Derived terms
    * bardic

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) barde. English since the late 15th century.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover a horse in defensive armor.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 29:
    • 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.
  • (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

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