Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gourd \Gourd\, n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L.
   cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin
   basket, E. corb. Cf. {Cucurbite}.]
   1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the
      melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order
      {Cucurbitace[ae]}; 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. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd;
      hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. --Chaucer.

   {Bitter gourd}, colocynth.

Gourd \Gourd\, n.
   A false die. See {Gord}.

Gourd \Gourd\, Gourde \Gourde\ n. [Sp. gordo large.]
   A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc.
   --Simmonds.

Source : WordNet®

gourd
     n 1: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn: {calabash}]
     2: any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds
     3: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with
        hard rinds [syn: {gourd vine}]