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   Gord , n. [Written also gourd.] [Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.] An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.]
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   Gourd , n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]
   (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceæ; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.
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   A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Bitter gourd, colocynth.
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   Gourd, n. A false die. See Gord.
         
       

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   { Gourd, Gourde } n. [Sp. gordo large.] A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.
   Simmonds.
   
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