bourd1+ (bord)

[Early mod. E. also boward, boorde, Whether our maister speake earnest or borde . Udall , Roister Doister, i. 4. Gramercy, Borrill, for thy company, For all thy jests, and all thy merry bourds . Drayton , Shepherd's Garland, p. 53. 2. Mockery; scoffing. bourd1t (börd), v. [ der, sport; from the noune bourd, n.] in trans. To jest; joke; say things in jest. IMG:content-2376.png:[ocr errors] My wit is greet, though that I bourde and pleye. Chaucer , Pardoner's Tale, 1. 316. II. trans. To make game of. Shew But any least aversion in your look To him that bourds you next, and your throat opens. B. Jonson, Cat i line, i. 1. bourd2+, n. An obsolete variant of board . bourdert (bör'der), n. [Early mod. E. also boorder, boarder , bourd our ; bourd our , burdoure , bordere , etc., bourd our , OF. 643 borde or, a jester,