Obs. [f. BOURD v.1 + -ING1.] Jesting, joking; buffoonery; trifling.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1404. In her bourdyng þay bayþen in þe morn, To fylle þe same forwardez.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., I. xx. 120. That men … schulden pleie in word bi bourding.
1566. Knox, Hist. Ref., Wks. 1846, I. 147. It was bitter bowrding to the Cardinall and his courte.
a. 1658. J. Durham, in Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. lxxxv. 8. Let them beware of bourding and dallying with God’s mercy.
