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CIDE DICTIONARY

gourdn. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
Bitter gourd, colocynth.
gourdn. 
     A false die. See Gord.
gourdn. [Sp. gordo large.].
     A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.  Simmonds.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gourd, n.
1 a any of various fleshy usu. large fruits with a hard skin, often used as containers, ornaments, etc. b any of various climbing or trailing plants of the family Cucurbitaceae bearing this fruit. Also called CUCURBIT.
2 the hollow hard skin of the gourd-fruit, dried and used as a drinking-vessel, water container, etc.

Derivative
gourdful n. (pl. -fuls).
Etymology
ME f. AF gurde, OF gourde ult. f. L cucurbita

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