bargan, bargane

[BARGAIN.] *băr-gan-der, * bir-gan-der, * bürgan'-děr, s. [The first element is uncertain, but it is probably M. E. bergh = a burrow, from the fact that the bird frequently breeds in rabbit-holes, whence it is also called the burrow-duck. The more general form of the name is, however, bergander (q.v.).] Zool.: One of the English popular names of a duck, the Sheldrake ( Tadorna vulpanser ). *bar'-gane, v.t. [BARGAIN, v.t.] * bar-gan-yng, pr. par., a., & s. [BARGAINING.] * bar'-ga-rět, * bar'-ga-rěte, s . [From Fr. bergerette a shepherd-girl.] A kind of dance, with a song, supposed to have been popular among shepherds. tho' began anon, A lady for tesing, right womanly, A bargaret in praising the daisie." Chaucer: Floure and Leafe.