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<hw>Larch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>larege</ets> (Cotgrave), It.<ets>larice</ets>, Sp. <ets>larice</ets>, <ets>alerce</ets>, <ets>G</ets>. <ets>l\'84rche</ets>; all fr. L. <ets>larix</ets>, -<ets>icis</ets>, Gr. (<?/).]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Fascicle</er>).</def> <note>The European larch is <spn>Larix Europ\'91a</spn>. The American or black larch is <spn>L. Americana</spn>, the hackmatack or tamarack. The trees are generally of a drooping, graceful appearance.</note>

<h1>Larchen</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Larch"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the larch.</def>

<i>Keats.</i>

<h1>Lard</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., bacon, pig's fat, L. <ets>lardum</ets>, <ets>laridum</ets>; cf. Gr. (<?/) fattened, fat.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bacon; the flesh of swine.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.</def>

<cs><col>Lard oil</col>, <cd>an illuminating and lubricating oil expressed from lard.</cd> -- <col>Leaf lard</col>, <cd>the internal fat of the hog, separated in leaves or masses from the kidneys, etc.; also, the same melted.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lard</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lard</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Larded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Larding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>larder</ets>. See <er>Lard</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; <as>as, to <ex>lard</ex> poultry</as>.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>larded</b> thighs on loaded altars laid. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fatten; to enrich.</def>

<blockquote>[The oak] with his nuts <b>larded</b> many a swine. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Falstaff sweats to death. And <b>lards</b> the lean earth as he walks along. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To smear with lard or fat.</def>

<blockquote>In his buff doublet <b>larded</b> o'er with fat Of slaughtered brutes. <i>Somerville.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Let no alien Sedley interpose To <b>lard</b> with wit thy hungry Epsom prose. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lard</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow fat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lardacein</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar`da*ce"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lardaceous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.</def>

<h1>Lardaceous</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lar*da"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>lardac\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or resembling, lard.</def>

<cs><cd>Lardaceous degeneration</cd> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>amyloid degeneration.</cd></cs>

<h1>Larder</h1> <Xpage=830>