Bard n.
1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2. Specifically, Peruvian bark.
Bark bed. See Bark stove (below).
Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning.
Bark stove Hort., a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
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