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Webster 1913 Edition


Lard

Lard

(lärd)
,
Noun.
[F., bacon, pig’s fat, L.
lardum
,
laridum
; cf. Gr. ([GREEK]) 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.

Lard

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Larded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Larding
.]
[F.
larder
. See
Lard
,
Noun.
]
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.
Shakespeare
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.

Lard

(lärd)
,
Verb.
I.
To grow fat.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Lard

L'ARD

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
I.
To grow fat.

Definition 2024


Lard

Lard

See also: lard and lärd

English

Proper noun

Lard

  1. A surname.

lard

lard

See also: Lard and lärd

English

Noun

lard (uncountable)

  1. Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
  2. (obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

Translations

Verb

lard (third-person singular simple present lards, present participle larding, simple past and past participle larded)

  1. (cooking) to stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking
  2. to smear with fat or lard
    • Somerville
      In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes.
  3. to garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing
  4. To fatten; to enrich.
    • Spenser
      [The oak] with his nuts larded many a swine.
    • Shakespeare
      Falstaff sweats to death, / And lards the lean earth as he walks along.
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To grow fat.
  6. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
    • Dryden
      Let no alien Sedley interpose / To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laʁ/

Etymology

From Latin lardum, laridum (bacon fat).

Noun

lard m (plural lards)

  1. bacon
  2. lard

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lardum, laridum (bacon fat).

Noun

lard m (oblique plural larz or lartz, nominative singular larz or lartz, nominative plural lard)

  1. cut of meat from a pig
  2. lard (fatty substance)

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lardum, laridum (bacon fat).

Noun

lard n (plural larduri)

  1. (regional) bacon
  2. (regional) pig-fat

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • lărdos
  • lărdar

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin lardum, laridum (bacon fat).

Noun

lard m

  1. (Puter) bacon

Synonyms