Gourd, m. (thieves’), fraud; deceit; swindling; (Breton cant) good; well.
Gourdago (Breton cant), food.
Gourde, f. (popular), simpleton, “flat.”
Gourdé, m. (popular), fool, “flat,” or “duffer.”
Gourdement (popular and thieves’), much, or, as the Irish say, “neddy;” very.
Ils piaussent dans les pioles, morfient et pictent si gourdement, que toutime en bourdonne.—Le Jargon de l’Argot. (They sleep in the taverns, eat and drink so much that everything resounds with it.)
Gourer, or gourrer (popular and thieves’), to deceive, “to kid;” to swindle, “to stick.” The word is old.
Pour gourrer les pauvres gens,
Qui leur babil veulent croire.
Parnasse des Muses.