bayard, baiarde

[O. Fr. bayard; from bay, a., and suffix -ard (q.v.).] 1. Literally : A bay horse. (Often applied specially to an old blind horse frequently mentioned in old poetry.) "Blind Bayard moves the mill."- Philips . 2. Figuratively: (a) A man blinded with self-conceit. "Onely the bald and blind bayards (who usually out of self-conceit are so exceedingly confident of their election and salvation)..."- Barrow , vol. iii., Ser. 42. (Richardson.) (b) An unmannerly beholder. [Fr. bayer = to gape.]