Part 591

Spenser.

Falstaff sweats to death. And lards the lean earth as he walks along.

Shak.

3. To smear with lard or fat.

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.

Lard (?), v. i. To grow fat. [Obs.]

Lar`da*ce"in (?), 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.

Lar*da"ceous (?), a. [Cf. F. lardacé.] Consisting of, or resembling, lard.

Lardaceous degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration.

Lard"er (?), n. [OF. lardier. See Lard, n.] A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked. Shak.

Lard"er*er (?), n. One in charge of the larder.

Lard"er*y, n. [Cf. OE. larderie.] A larder. [Obs.]

{ Lar"don (?), Lar*doon" (?), } n. [F. lardon, fr. lard lard.] A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.

Lard"ry (?), n. [See Lardery.] A larder. [Obs.]

Lard"y (?), a. Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.

Lare (?), n. [See Lore.] Lore; learning. [Obs.]

Lare, n. Pasture; feed. See Lair. [Obs.] Spenser.

Lare, v. t. To feed; to fatten. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

||La"res (?), n. pl. See 1st Lar. || Large (?), a. [Compar. Larger (?); superl. Largest.] [F., fr. L. largus. Cf. Largo.] 1. Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

For linear dimensions, and mere extent, great, and not large, is used as a qualifying word; as, great length, breadth, depth; a great distance; a great height.

2. Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

We have yet large day.

Milton.

3. Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.