Lard : \Lard\, v. i.
To grow fat. [Obs.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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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">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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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