'Lard' definitions:

Definition of 'lard'

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noun
Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
verb
Prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat"
verb
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Definition of 'Lard'

From: GCIDE
  • Lard \Lard\ (l[aum]rd), n. [F., bacon, pig's fat, L. lardum, laridum; cf. Gr. (?) fattened, fat.]
  • 1. Bacon; the flesh of swine. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lard'

From: GCIDE
  • Lard \Lard\ (l[aum]rd), v. i. To grow fat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lard'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And larded thighs on loaded altars laid. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fatten; to enrich. [1913 Webster]
  • [The oak] with his nuts larded many a swine. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Falstaff sweats to death. And lards the lean earth as he walks along. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To smear with lard or fat. [1913 Webster]
  • In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat Of slaughtered brutes. --Somerville. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Let no alien Sedley interpose To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'lard'

From: GCIDE
  • Hog \Hog\ (h[o^]g), 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. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suid[ae]; esp., the domesticated varieties of {Sus scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus Indicus}. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. [1913 Webster]
  • Bush hog, Ground hog, etc.. See under Bush, Ground, etc.
  • Hog caterpillar (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Spondias 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 (Zool.), the peccary.
  • Water hog. (Zool.) See Capybara. [1913 Webster]

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