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   lard

   /lɑːd/

   noun

   • 1. fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
   • 2. excess fat in a person: informal "I've got to give up fags and shift some lard"

   verb

   • 1. insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking: "he larded the joint with garlic and anchovies"
   • ▪ smear or cover (a foodstuff) with lard or fat to prevent it drying out during storage: "farmhouse cheeses are dipped in wax or larded"
   • 2. embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions: "his conversation is larded with quotations from Coleridge"
   • ▪ cover or fill thickly or excessively: "the pages were larded with corrections and crossings-out"

   Word Origin Middle English (also denoting fat bacon or pork): from Old French ‘bacon’, from Latin lardum, laridum, related to Greek larinos ‘fat’.

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