globard
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English globerde, from glow.
Noun edit
globard (plural globards)
- (obsolete) A glowworm.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book I.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- These Glowbards neuer appeare before hay is ripe.
References edit
- “globard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.