‖n. [ F., a babbler. ] (Zool.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. baselarde, LL. basillardus. ] A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [ Written also baslard. ] Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [ Written also billet and billit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a variety of kale (Brassica oleracea) having smooth leaves; a type of colewort. It is grown in the southern U. S. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. pl. [ Corrupted fr. colewort. ] 1. Same as collards{ 1 }. [ Colloq. Southern U. S. ]
Syn. -- collards. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. pl. [ Corrupted fr. colewort. ] 1. Young cabbage, used as “greens”; esp. the leaves of a kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated for that purpose, the collard or colewort. [ Colloq. Southern U. S. ]
Syn. -- collard greens. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A kind of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) cultivated in the southern United States as a vegetable. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dull + -ard. ] A stupid person; a dunce. Shak. -- a. Stupid. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] 1. A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, usually with a printed pattern on it. It was originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. an article of clothing made of foulard{ 1 }, such as a neckpiece. [ PJC ]

‖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. [ imp. & p. p. Interlarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlarding. ] [ F. entrelarder. See Inter-, and Lard. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness interlarded. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to interlard a conversation with oaths or allusions. [ 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. ] 1. Bacon; the flesh of swine. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lard oil, an illuminating and lubricating oil expressed from lard. --
Leaf lard, the internal fat of the hog, separated in leaves or masses from the kidneys, etc.; also, the same melted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Larded; p. pr. & vb. n. Larding. ] [ F. larder. See Lard, n. ] 1. 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, to lard poultry. [ 1913 Webster ]

And larded thighs on loaded altars laid. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fatten; to enrich. [ 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 ]

3. To smear with lard or fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat
Of slaughtered brutes. Somerville. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard. Shak. [ 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 ]

Lardaceous degeneration (Med.), amyloid degeneration. [ 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. [ F. lardon, fr. lard lard. ] A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding. [ 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, i. e., of prayers or psalms, which was prob. the origin of the name. See Loll, Lull. ] (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. (b) One of the followers of Wyclif in England. [ Called also Loller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By Lollards all know the Wyclifities are meant, so called from Walter Lollardus, one of their teachers in Germany. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The doctrines or principles of the Lollards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. malari, fr. mâle male + -art = -ard. See Male, a., and -ard. ] 1. (Zool.) A drake; the male of Anas boschas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Poll the head. ] 1. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. [ Obs. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) A fish, the chub. (b) A stag that has cast its antlers. (c) A hornless animal (cow or sheep). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pollarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pollarding. ] To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]