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Boud vs Bourd - What's the difference?

boud | bourd |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between boud and bourd

is that boud is (obsolete) a weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc while bourd is (obsolete) to jest.

As nouns the difference between boud and bourd

is that boud is (obsolete) a weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc while bourd is (obsolete) a joke; jesting, banter.

As a verb bourd is

(obsolete) to jest.

boud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
    • (Tusser)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    bourd

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A joke; jesting, banter.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iii:
    • The wisard could no lenger beare her bord, / But brusting forth in laughter, to her sayd; / Glauce, what needs this colourable word [...]?

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To jest.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)