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countable and uncountable, plural nards
A flowering plant of species Nardostachys jatamansi, in the valerian family, that grows in the Himalayas and is used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine. examples
A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized. quotations examples
[…] there cam a womã with an alablaſter boxe of oyntment / called narde / that was pure and coſtly / and ſhe brake the boxe ãd powred it on his heed.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], Mark xiiij:, folio lxvj, recto
American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root. examples
plural nards
(US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle. quotations
I’m sure whoever was in charge must have been one of the last of the Fulda Fucktards, you know, those generals who spent their nard-drop years training to defend West Germany from Ivan.
2006, Max Brooks, World War Z