2. The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen;
also, this fat melted and strained.
{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.
And larded thighs on loaded altars laid. --Dryden.
[The oak] with his nuts larded many a swine.
--Spenser.
Falstaff sweats to death. And lards the lean earth
as he walks along. --Shak.
In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat Of
slaughtered brutes. --Somerville.
4. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of
improvement; to interlard. --Shak.
Let no alien Sedley interpose To lard with wit thy
hungry Epsom prose. --Dryden.
Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern
Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus
Indicus}.
2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a
ship's bottom under water. --Totten.
5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp
of which paper is made.
{Bush hog}, {Ground hog}, etc.. See under {Bush}, {Ground},
etc.
{Hog caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}
({S. 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} (Zo["o]l.), the peccary.
{Water hog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Capybara}.