sb. and a. Obs. Also 6 bombard. [f. BUM, bumb, v.2 + -ARD. Cf. also BOWBERT in a similar sense.]
A. sb. A bumble-bee, a drone; also fig. a droning person, a driveller. Cf. BUMBLE sb.1
c. 1505. Dunbar, Twa Mariit Wem. & Wedo, 91. Ane bumbart, ane dron bee, ane bag full of flewme. Ibid., Quhome to sall I complene, 24. Cairlis of nobillis hes the cure, And bumbardis brukis the benifyiss.
a. 1614. J. Melvill, Men. MS., 129 (Jam.). Like adercope webs, that takes the silly flies, but the bombards breaks through them.
1614. J. Cooke, in Dodsley, I. 93. Your Spaniard is a mere Bumbard to him.
B. a. Lazy, indolent, drivelling.
c. 1505. Dunbar, Dance Sev. Deidly Synnis, 70. Mony sweir bumbard [v.r. lumbard] belly huddroun.
