Hypertext Webster Gateway: "boar"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Boar
occurs only in Ps. 80:13. The same Hebrew word is elsewhere
rendered "swine" (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8; Prov. 11:22; Isa. 65:4;
66:3, 17). The Hebrews abhorred swine's flesh, and accordingly
none of these animals were reared, except in the district beyond
the Sea of Galilee. In the psalm quoted above the powers that
destroyed the Jewish nation are compared to wild boars and wild
beasts of the field.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Boar \Boar\, n. [OE. bar, bor, bore, AS. b[=a]r; akin to OHG.
p?r, MHG. b?r, G. b["a]r, boar (but not b["a]r bear), and
perh. Russ. borov' boar.] (Zo["o]l.)
The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
boar
n 1: Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent
tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in
United States [syn: {wild boar}, {Sus scrofa}]
2: an uncastrated male hog
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