bard vs swan

bard

noun
  • A poet. 

  • A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.) 

  • Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms. 

  • A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game. 

  • The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 

  • Specifically, Peruvian bark. 

  • A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. 

verb
  • To cover a horse in defensive armor. 

  • To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon. 

swan

noun
  • One whose grace etc. suggests a swan. 

  • This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire). 

  • Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage. 

verb
  • To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions). 

  • To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way. 

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