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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

L'ARD, n. [L. lardum, laridum.]
1. The fat of swine, after being melted and separated from the flesh.
2. Bacon; the flesh of swine.
L'ARD, v.t.
1. To stuff with bacon or pork.
The larded thighs on loaded altars laid.
2. To fatten; to enrich.
Now Falstaff sweats to death, and lards the lean earth.
3. To mix with something by way of improvement.
- Let no alien interpose, to lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.
L'ARD, v.i. To grow fat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v
1: prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat"
2: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. a. to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (as strips of fat) b. to cover or soil with grease 2. to augment or intersperse especially with something superfluous or excessive <the book is larded with subplots> 3. obsolete to make rich with or as if with fat II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lardum, laridum; perhaps akin to Greek larinos fat Date: 14th century a soft white solid or semisolid fat obtained by rendering fatty pork • lardy adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. the internal fat of the abdomen of pigs, esp. when rendered and clarified for use in cooking and pharmacy. --v.tr. 1 insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat etc.) before cooking. 2 (foll. by with) embellish (talk or writing) with foreign or technical terms. Etymology: ME f. OF lard bacon f. L lardum, laridum, rel. to Gk larinos fat

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lard Lard, v. i. To grow fat. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lard Lard, n. [F., bacon, pig's fat, L. lardum, laridum; cf. Gr. (?) fattened, fat.] 1. Bacon; the flesh of swine. [Obs.] --Dryden. 2. The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained. Lard oil, an illuminating and lubricating oil expressed from lard. Leaf lard, the internal fat of the hog, separated in leaves or masses from the kidneys, etc.; also, the same melted.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lard Lard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Larded; p. pr. & vb. n. Larding.] [F. larder. See Lard, n.] 1. To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry. And larded thighs on loaded altars laid. --Dryden. 2. To fatten; to enrich. [The oak] with his nuts larded many a swine. --Spenser. Falstaff sweats to death. And lards the lean earth as he walks along. --Shak. 3. To smear with lard or fat. In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat Of slaughtered brutes. --Somerville. 4. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard. --Shak. Let no alien Sedley interpose To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hog Hog, n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suid[ae]; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus. 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.] 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.] 4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. --Totten. 5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Bush hog, Ground hog, etc.. See under Bush, Ground, etc. Hog caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth. Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.) Hog deer (Zo["o]l.), the axis deer. Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum. Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year. Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea. Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (S. lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies. Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane. Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread. Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel. Mexican hog (Zo["o]l.), the peccary. Water hog. (Zo["o]l.) See Capybara.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lards, larding, larded) Lard is soft white fat obtained from pigs. It is used in cooking.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Grease. 2. Dress with bacon. 3. Intermix, interlay, interlard.

Foolish Dictionary

Fat. (See LARDER)

Moby Thesaurus

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