Definition of nard

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Nard (n.) An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery..

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Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..
Volador :: Volador (n.) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.
Palissy :: Palissy (a.) Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry..
Nard :: Nard (n.) An ointment prepared partly from this plant. See Spikenard.
Nardine :: Nardine (a.) Of or pertaining to nard; having the qualities of nard.
Canard :: Canard (n.) An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
-art :: -art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard..
Rochet :: Rochet (n.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard..
Valerianaceous :: Valerianaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard..
Renard :: Renard (n.) A fox; -- so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry..
Horsemint :: Horsemint (n.) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).
Thenardite :: Thenardite (n.) Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster..
Nowd :: Nowd (n.) The European gray gurnard (Trigla gurnardus).
Bernardine :: Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.
Spikenard :: Spikenard (n.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India..
Batfish :: Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus..
Spignet :: Spignet (n.) An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.
Hospice :: Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard..
Kaynard :: Kaynard (n.) A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal.
Gaverick :: Gaverick (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus).
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