lard

(lird),n. [ bacon, fat of swine, blubber of whales, ete., = Sp. Pg. It. lar do = NGr. Aapdi, ¢ L. lardum, laridum, larida, the fat of bacon. Cf. Gr. Aapwoe, fat, Aapoc, sweet, pleasant, nice.] 1+. The fat of swine; bacon; pork. By this the boiling kettle had prepar’d, And to the table sent the smoking lard; On which with eager appetite they dine, A savoury bit that sery’d to relish wine. Dryden, tr. of Ovid’s Baucis and Philemon, 1. 107. 2. The fat of swine after being separated from the flesh and membranes by the proce of rendering; the clarified semi-solid oil of hogs’ fat. It is a very important article of commerce, being used for many culinary and industrial purposes, in pharmacy as the basis of ointments and cerates, etc. See lard-oil.