Mazard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmæzə(ɹ)d/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mazard is a noun meaning A kind of small black cherry.
Meaning
A kind of small black cherry.
More Meanings
- (archaic slang) Head; skull.
Example Sentences
Why ee'n ſo: and now my Lady Wormes, / Chapleſſe, and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons Spade;
For the poor things [worshippers] would have other idols in place of those he [the iconoclast] thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth.
This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]
Word Forms
- mazards
- mazzard
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include macehead, manace, mound, mace, marge, manto.
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