n.
fat from the abdomen of a pig, rendered and clarified for use in cooking.
v.
- insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking.
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(usu. be larded with)
embellish (talk or writing) excessively with esoteric or technical expressions.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. ‘bacon’, from L. lardum, laridum, rel. to Gk larinos ‘fat’.
