Obs. rare. [a. F. bardane ‘the Clote, burre-docke, or great burre; the noisome, and stinking vermine, called, a Punie’ (Cotgr.).]
1. The burdock.
c. 1250. in Wright, Voc. (W.), /557. Lappa, bardane, clote.
2. A bug.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 52. All his body is roughe and sharps, as the bodie of a Bardan.
