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  1. 1. n. Trick; jest; sport. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. To sport or keep festival. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer. 3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud." Shak. To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.] Sir T. North. To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak. Source: webster
  8. 8. To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars." [Obs.] Sir T. North. Source: adambom
  9. 9. n cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing Source: ecdict

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