lard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lard	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for lard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lard n soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat" add details to Synonym(s): embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lard \Lard\, v. i. To grow fat. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera of {Suid[91]}; 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[94]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[94]l.), 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} ({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[94]l.), the peccary. {Water hog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Capybara}.