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Webster 1913 Edition

Mazard

Maz′ard

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
merise
a wild cherry.]
(Bot.)
A kind of small black cherry.

Maz′ard

,
Noun.
[Prob. fr.
mazer
, the head being compared to a large goblet.]
The jaw; the head or skull.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Maz′ard

,
Verb.
T.
,
To knock on the head.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Mazard

MAZ'ARD

,
Noun.
[probably from the root of marsh.]
1.
The jaw. [Not used.]
2.
A kind of cherry.

MAZ'ARD

,
Verb.
T.
To knock on the head. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

mazard

mazard

English

Alternative forms

Noun

mazard ‎(plural mazards)

  1. (archaic slang) Head; skull.
    • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare (author), Barbara A Mowat and Paul Westine (eds.), Hamlet, Washington Square Press (1992), lines 90–92,
      And now my Lady Worm's, chapless and knocked about the mazard with a sexton's spade.

Etymology 2

Compare French merise ‎(“wild cherry”).

Noun

mazard ‎(plural mazards)

  1. A kind of small black cherry.

Etymology

Probably from mazer, the head being compared to a large goblet.

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