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Webster 1913 Edition

Barbecue

Bar′be-cue

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Barbecued
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Barbecuing
.]
1.
To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
They use little or no salt, but
barbecue
their game and fish in the smoke.
Stedman.
2.
To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.
Send me, gods, a whole hog
barbecued
.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Barbecue

B'ARBECUE

,
Noun.
In the West Indies, a hog roasted whole. It is, with us, used for an ox or perhaps any other animal dressed in like manner.
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B'ARBECUE

,
Verb.
T.
To dress and roast a hog whole, which is done by splitting the hog to the back bone, and roasting it on a gridiron; to roast any animal whole.

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