‖n. [ F., a babbler. ] (Zool.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also
n. [ OF. baselarde, LL. basillardus. ] A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.
n. (Zool.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish.
n. [ Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard. ] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bollard timber (Naut.),
n.
n. pl. [ Corrupted fr. colewort. ]
n. pl. [ Corrupted fr. colewort. ]
n. (Zool.) A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also
n. [ Dull + -ard. ] A stupid person; a dunce. Shak. --
v. t. [ Pref. en- + lard: cf. OF. enlarder to put on the spit, Pr. & Sp. enlardar to rub with grease, baste. ] To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ]
‖a. [ F. See Galliard. ] Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Named after the introducer, Thomas Goulard, a French surgeon. ] (Med.) An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Enlard. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness interlarded. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The English laws . . . [ were ] mingled and interlarded with many particular laws of their own. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
They interlard their native drinks with choice
Of strongest brandy. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., bacon, pig's fat, L. lardum, laridum; cf. Gr. (&unr_;) fattened, fat. ]
Lard oil,
Leaf lard,
v. t.
And larded thighs on loaded altars laid. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ The oak ] with his nuts larded many a swine. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Falstaff sweats to death.
And lards the lean earth as he walks along. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat
Of slaughtered brutes. Somerville. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let no alien Sedley interpose
To lard with wit thy hungry Epsom prose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To grow fat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Lardaceous. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. lardacé. ] Consisting of, or resembling, lard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. lardier. See Lard, n. ] A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One in charge of the larder. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OE. larderie. ] A larder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Lardery. ] A larder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. Lollardi, Lullardi, from Walter Lolhardus, a German; cf. LG. & D. lollen to mumble, to hum, sing in a murmuring strain; hence, OD. lollaerd a mumbler,
By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from
n. [ F. malari, fr. mâle male + -art = -ard. See Male, a., and -ard. ]
n. [ From Poll the head. ]
v. t.
n. [ F. poularde pullet, fr. poule hen. See Pullet. ] (Zool.) A pullet from which the ovaries have been removed to produce fattening; hence, a fat pullet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Zool.) Shoveler. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]