From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hog \Hog\ (h[o^]g), 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. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera
of {Suid[ae]}; esp., the domesticated varieties of {Sus
scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called,
respectively, {lard} and {pork}; swine; porker;
specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
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Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern
Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus
Indicus}.
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2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
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3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
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4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a
ship's bottom under water. --Totten.
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5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp
of which paper is made.
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{Bush hog}, {Ground hog}, etc.. See under {Bush}, {Ground},
etc.
{Hog caterpillar} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), 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}
({Spondias 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} (Zool.), the peccary.
{Water hog}. (Zool.) See {Capybara}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lard \Lard\ (l[aum]rd), n. [F., bacon, pig's fat, L. lardum,
laridum; cf. Gr. (?) fattened, fat.]
1. Bacon; the flesh of swine. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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And larded thighs on loaded altars laid. --Dryden.
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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. --Shak.
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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. --Somerville.
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4. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of
improvement; to interlard. --Shak.
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Let no alien Sedley interpose
To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lard \Lard\ (l[aum]rd), v. i.
To grow fat. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lard
n 1: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty
tissue of the hog
v 1: prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat"
2: add details to [syn: {embroider}, {pad}, {lard}, {embellish},
{aggrandize}, {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatize},
{dramatise}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
lard /laʀ/
bacon
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