| Gourd 1. (n.) A melon, pumpkin, squash, or a drinking vessel cut out of its rind; a fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes. 2. (n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. 3. (n.) A false die. See Gord. 4. (n.) Alt. of Gourde Thesaurus Entries Dutch courage, alcohol, alcoholic drink, backbone, bag, barrel, basket, booze, bottle up, box, box in, box up, burden, cabin, calabash, can, canteen, capsule, carafe, carboy, carton, case, cask, casket, caster, cloister, closet, coffin, confine, contain, container, control, courage, cramp, crate, crib, cruet, cruse, cut off, decanter, demijohn, do up, encase, encyst, entomb, ewer, fiasco, fifth, fill, flacon, flagon, flask, flasket, freight, gourd, grit, gumption, guts, hamper, heap, heap up, hem in, hipflask, hold back, hold in check, hot-water bottle, immure, jar, jeroboam, jug, keep in check, lade, liquor, load, lota, magnum, manfulness, manliness, mass, mettle, moxie, mussuk, nerve, olla, pack, pack away, package, parcel, phial, pile, pluck, pocket, pot, put up, repress, restrain, sack, sauce, ship, spirits, spunk, stack, starch, stifle, store, stoup, stow, straiten, suppress, tank, the bottle, tin, trap, vacuum bottle, vial |