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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PORK, n. [L. porcus, a hog or pig; porca, a ridge; or from his snout and rooting.] The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: meat from a domestic hog or pig [syn: pork, porc]
2: a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents [syn: pork barrel, pork]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French porc pig, from Latin porcus — more at farrow Date: 14th century 1. the fresh or salted flesh of swine when dressed for food 2. government funds, jobs, or favors distributed by politicians to gain political advantage

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the (esp. unsalted) flesh of a pig, used as food. Phrases and idioms: pork-barrel US colloq. government funds as a source of political benefit. pork-butcher a person who slaughters pigs for sale, or who sells pork rather than other meats. pork pie a pie of minced pork etc. eaten cold. pork pie hat a hat with a flat crown and a brim turned up all round. Etymology: ME porc f. OF porc f. L porcus pig

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pork Pork, n. [F. porc, L. porcus hog, pig. See Farrow a litter of pigs, and cf. Porcelain, Porpoise.] The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.

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

Pork is meat from a pig, usually fresh and not smoked or salted. ...fried pork chops. ...a packet of pork sausages.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Swine-flesh, pig-meat.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To cry pork; to give intelligence to the undertaker of a funeral; metaphor borrowed from the raven, whose note sounds like the word pork. Ravens are said to smell carrion at a distance.

Moby Thesaurus

bacon, butt, chitterlings, cochon de lait, cracklings, fat back, favors of office, flitch, gammon, ham, ham steak, haslet, headcheese, jambon, jambonneau, lard, melon, patronage, picnic ham, pieds de cochon, pig, plum, political patronage, pork barrel, porkpie, salt pork, side of bacon, small ham, sowbelly, suckling pig, trotters