nard, nard us

[Lat. nard us, from Gr.nardos, from Pers. nard, from Sansc. nalada =the Indian Spikenard, from nal =to smell; Fr. nard.] 1. A plant; the same as SPIKENARD (q. v.). "About the cedarn alleys fling Nard and ca ia's balmy smells." Milton: Comus, 991. 2. An ointment or unguent prepared from spike nard. "The good, syncere, and true nard is known by the "There is a Machiavelian plot, Though every nare olfact it not." Butler: Hudibras, i. 1.