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Gourd vs Bourd - What's the difference?

gourd | bourd |

In obsolete terms the difference between gourd and bourd

is that gourd is any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers while bourd is to jest.

As nouns the difference between gourd and bourd

is that gourd is any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae) while bourd is a joke; jesting, banter.

As a verb bourd is

to jest.

gourd

English

(wikipedia gourd)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria'' and ''Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
  • A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria'' or ''Cucurbita .
  • The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
  • (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
  • (informal) loaded dice.
  • (slang) Head.
    • I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd .

    Derived terms

    * gourdful

    See also

    * basket * bucket * calabash * calabaza

    External links

    * American Gourd Society

    References

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    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)