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Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse. Blind bayard moves the mill. Philips.

Blind; stupid. [Obs.] "A formal and bayardly round of duties." Goodman.

An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma. The Almehs lift their arms in dance. Bayard Taylor.

ach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. Bayard Taylor.

ign; a doorplate. -- Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. Bayard Taylor. -- Proper name (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. -- To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. -- To take a name in vain, to use a name li…

To make improvement; to advance. Bayard. If man progresses, art must progress too. Caird.