3. An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. "An idle gaud."
Shak.
Gaud, v. i. [Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere. See Gaud, n.]
To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] "Gauding with his familiars. " [Obs.]
Sir T. North.
Gaud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauding.] To bedeck
gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint.
[Obs.] "Nicely gauded cheeks." Shak.
Gaud"-day` (?), n. See Gaudy, a feast.
Gaud"er*y (?), n. Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display. [R.]
"Tarnished gaudery." Dryden.