Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A jest; a joke; fun.
  • noun Mockery; scoffing.
  • noun An obsolete variant of board.
  • To jest; joke; say things in jest.
  • To make game of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A jest.
  • intransitive verb obsolete To jest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A joke; jesting, banter.
  • verb obsolete To jest.

Etymologies

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From Old French bourde.

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