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Gaud
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.] Sir T. North.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.