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• Gourd art — Gourd crafting and painting has evolved from early hand carvings to the modern day use by some of electric wood burners and high speed pen shaped drills that can be used to inscribe almost any design. The American Gourd Society, headquartered in… …   Wikipedia

• gourd — gourd, gourde [ gur, gurd ] adj. • XIIe gort, fém. gorde; bas lat. gurdus « lourdaud, grossier » ♦ Engourdi et comme perclus par le froid. Avoir les doigts gourds. ♢ Fig. Maladroit, mal à l aise. Se sentir gourd. ⊗ CONTR. Agile, 2. délié, souple …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• gourd´like´ — gourd «grd, gohrd, gurd», noun. 1. the fruit of certain vines, with hard rinds and many flat seeds. It belongs to the gourd family. One kind, the bottle gourd, is dried and hollowed out and used for cups, bowls, bottles, and other utensils. 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• GOURD — (Heb. דְּלַעַת; pl. דְּלוּעִים), a plant. It occurs in the Bible only in the form of a place name Dilan, a town in the inheritance of Judah (Josh. 15:38), but it is frequently mentioned in talmudic literature. In modern Hebrew the word is applied …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Gourd — Gourd, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three celled, many seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gourd Music — is a record label featuring acoustic, instrumental music. With various ensembles of guitar, cello, flute, oboe, harp, fiddle, hammered and mountain dulcimer, banjo, mandolin and more.Gourd Music was founded by Neal Hellman in 1987. Genres… …   Wikipedia

• Gourd — ist der Name von Emilie Gourd (1879–1946), Schweizer Frauenrechtlerin Gourd (Arkansas), Ort in den Vereinigten Staaten Gourd (Musikinstrument), ein Musikinstrument Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehr …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• gourd — gourd, ourde (gour, gour d ) adj. Perclus par le froid. •   J ai les mains si gourdes et si pesantes, qu il m est impossible d en écrire, Portrait d un inconnu, en 1661, dans FR. MICHEL, Argot. •   ...outre l air méchant, elle a l air aussi… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• gourd — [gôrd, goord] adj. [ME gourde < OFr gouorde < L cucurbita] designating a family (Cucurbitaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the squash, melon, cucumber, and pumpkin n. 1. any trailing or climbing plant belonging to… …   English World dictionary

• gourd-worm — gourdˈ worm noun A fluke worm resembling a gourd seed, esp the liver fluke • • • Main Entry: ↑gourd …   Useful english dictionary

• gourd-shaped — «GRD SHAYPT, GOHRD , GURD », adjective. having the shape of a gourd; having a globular body and a long, slender neck: »a gourd shaped bottle …   Useful english dictionary