| 单词 |
bumbard |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † bumbard, -art, n. and a. Obs. Also 6 bombard. [f. bum bumb, v.2 + -ard. Cf. also bowbert in a similar sense.] A. n. A bumble-bee, a drone; also fig. a droning person, a driveller. Cf. bumble n.1 2.
c1505Dunbar Twa Mariit Wem. & Wedo 91 Ane bumbart, ane dron bee, ane bag full of flewme. Ibid. Quhome to sall I complene 24 Cairlis of nobillis hes the cure, And bumbardis brukis the benifyiss. a1614J. Melvill Mem. MS. 129 (Jam.) Like adercope webs, that takes the silly flies, but the bombards breaks through them. 1614J. Cooke in Dodsley I. 93 Your Spaniard is a mere Bumbard to him. B. a. Lazy, indolent, drivelling.
c1505Dunbar Dance Sev. Deidly Synnis 70 Mony sweir bumbard [v.r. lumbard] belly huddroun. ▪ II. bumbard obs. form of bombard. |

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