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    Lard , n. [F., bacon, pig's fat, L. lardum, laridum; cf. Gr. () fattened, fat.]
    1. Bacon; the flesh of swine. [Obs.]
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    2. The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.
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      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.

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    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.
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      And larded thighs on loaded altars laid.
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    2. To fatten; to enrich.
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      [The oak] with his nuts larded many a swine.
      Spenser.

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      Falstaff sweats to death.
      And lards the lean earth as he walks along.
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    3. To smear with lard or fat.
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      In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat
      Of slaughtered brutes.
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    4. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
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      Let no alien Sedley interpose
      To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose.
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    Lard , v. i. To grow fat. [Obs.]
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