lard

lard (lärd)

noun

the soft, white solid made by melting down and clarifying the fat of hogs, esp. the inner abdominal fat

Etymology: OFr < L lardum, bacon fat, lard < IE base *lai-, fat > Gr larinos, fattened, fat, L largus, large

transitive verb

to cover or smear with lard or other fat; grease
to put strips of fat pork, bacon, etc. over, or into slits in (meat or poultry) before cooking; interlard
to add to; embellish; garnish a talk larded with jokes

Etymology: ME larden < OFr larder

lard′y adjective lard′i·er, lard′i·est

Adjective modifier

Mal: A pair of Mal lards were on the flooded freshwater stream that ran parallel with the river south of Cuckoo's Corner.
more: Remove with a slotted spoon and repeat with the remaining 2/3rds of the meat adding a little more lard or oil if necessary.
fried: In the country around Birmingham, the word scratching sometimes meant a specific dish of diced, fried lard eaten with pepper and salt.
pure: Extra points for barbecuing those white sausages that look like they are pure lard!
little: Tie it up then, crosswise and lengthwise, and brown it in a saucepan with a little lard and some ham.

Converse of object

melt: Ask an adult to help you melt the lard.
use: Most ready made pastry uses lard The use of Italian parmesan cheese.
boil: Then allow them to cool, and when cold dip into egg, then into bread crumbs, and fry in boiling lard.
drip: Discard the solid bits and add extra dripping, lard or butter if necessary.
eat: The latest is a piece of resistance by one Rod Liddle, entitled Let them eat lard.
contain: A tray containing lard or solid fat can also do the trick.

Preposition: into

flour: Four minutes; Megan is rubbing lard into the flour.

Modifies a noun

cake: Get ready for some messy fun as this will involve making lard cakes.
pastry: Pork Pies Melton Mowbray raised pork pies are made from lard pastry, filled with chopped pork, topped off with pork jelly.
ass: Are employers supposed to wait while this cretin gets off his lard ass and applies for a job?
ar$e: Thin young Chav to plump Chavette " You don't sweat much for a lard ar$e do you!
ration: If you used your lard ration to grease the tray you had got nothing to cook with!
everything: Things are going well, I'm answering calls and reseting " alarms " when some sour-faced old lard jockey ruins everything.

Modifying Another Word

all: Babbage often appealed to the traditional romanticized imagery with which the factory tourists all larded their stories.
not: I shall not lard my words with terms that are not used daily.

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