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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.
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
poultryAnd
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
And
lards
the lean earth as he walks along. Shakespeare
3.
To smear with lard or fat.
In his buff doublet
Of slaughtered brutes.
larded
o'er with fatOf slaughtered brutes.
Somerville.
4.
To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
Shak.
Let no alien Sedley interpose
To
To
lard
with wit thy hungry Epsom prose. Dryden.
Lard
(lärd)
, Verb.
I.
To grow fat.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Lard
L'ARD
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
Lard
lard
lard
English
Noun
lard (uncountable)
- Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
- (obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
Translations
fat from the abdomen of a pig
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bacon — see bacon
Verb
lard (third-person singular simple present lards, present participle larding, simple past and past participle larded)
- (cooking) to stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking
- to smear with fat or lard
- Somerville
- In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes.
- Somerville
- to garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing
- 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.
- Spenser
- (obsolete, intransitive) To grow fat.
- 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
to garnish or strew
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to fatten; enrich
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to grow fat
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to mix or garnish as by way of improvement
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laʁ/
Etymology
From Latin lardum, laridum (“bacon fat”).
Noun
lard m (plural lards)
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)
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin lardum, laridum (“bacon fat”).
Noun
lard n (plural larduri)
Declension
declension of lard
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) lard | lardul | (niște) larduri | lardurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) lard | lardului | (unor) larduri | lardurilor |
| vocative | lardule | lardurilor | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- lărdos
- lărdar