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▪ I. † ˈbourding, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. bourd v.1 + -ing1.]
Jesting, joking; buffoonery; trifling.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1404 In her bourdyng þay bayþen in þe morn, To fylle þe same forwardez. c1449Pecock Repr. i. xx. 120 That men..schulden pleie in word bi bourding. 1566Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 147 It was bitter bowrding to the Cardinall and his courte. a1658J. Durham in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxxxv. 8 Let them beware of bourding and dallying with God's mercy.
▪ II. † ˈbourding, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. bourd v.1 + -ing2.]
That jests, jokes, mocks, or trifles. So bourdingly adv.
1552Huloet, Bourder or rayler..beynge of that mocking and bourdyng sort. Ibid., Bourdingly, or in bourde, iocose. |