† barnardn.

Forms: Also 1600s bernard.

Etymology: apparently < variant of berner n., one who waited with a relay of hounds to intercept a hunted animal.

Obsolete.

The member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel, a sharper. Cf. barnacle n.² 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > decoy

stale1526

barnardc1555

barnacle1591

setter1591

tumbler1602

circling boy1631

moon-curser1673

sweetener1699

stool1825

stool-pigeon1830

bonnet1831

buttoner1839

button1851

steerer1873

plugger1886

shillaber1913

shill1916

c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Diii^v An other ioyly shift..is the barnardes law. Which to be exactly practised asketh iiii. persons at the least, eche of them to play a long seueral part by him selfe.

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 28, in Bulwarke of Defence With a Barnards blowe, lurkyng in some lane, wodde, or hill top.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage To Rdr. sig. B2^v Four persons were required..the Taker vp, the Verser, the Barnard and the Rutter.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage To Rdr. sig. B3 Comes in the Barnard stombling into your company, like some aged Farmer of the Countrey..and is so carelesse of his money, that out hee throweth some forty Angels on the boords end.

1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. F1^v The Bernard..counterfets many parts in one, and is now a drunken man, anon in another humour..onely to blind the Cozen..the more easily to beguile him. [The full account runs from sig. F1-F3.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	barnard
释义	† barnardn. Forms: Also 1600s bernard. Etymology: apparently < variant of berner n., one who waited with a relay of hounds to intercept a hunted animal. Obsolete. The member of a gang of swindlers who acts as a decoy; a lurking scoundrel, a sharper. Cf. barnacle n.² 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > decoy stale1526 barnardc1555 barnacle1591 setter1591 tumbler1602 circling boy1631 moon-curser1673 sweetener1699 stool1825 stool-pigeon1830 bonnet1831 buttoner1839 button1851 steerer1873 plugger1886 shillaber1913 shill1916 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Diii^v An other ioyly shift..is the barnardes law. Which to be exactly practised asketh iiii. persons at the least, eche of them to play a long seueral part by him selfe. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 28, in Bulwarke of Defence With a Barnards blowe, lurkyng in some lane, wodde, or hill top. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage To Rdr. sig. B2^v Four persons were required..the Taker vp, the Verser, the Barnard and the Rutter. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage To Rdr. sig. B3 Comes in the Barnard stombling into your company, like some aged Farmer of the Countrey..and is so carelesse of his money, that out hee throweth some forty Angels on the boords end. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. F1^v The Bernard..counterfets many parts in one, and is now a drunken man, anon in another humour..onely to blind the Cozen..the more easily to beguile him. [The full account runs from sig. F1-F3.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1555
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