Bard vs. Lard

Bardnoun

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

Bardnoun

(by extension) A poet.

Bardnoun

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)

Bardnoun

Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

Bardnoun

(cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

Bardnoun

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

Bardnoun

Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Bardverb

To cover a horse in defensive armor.

Bardverb

(cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Bardnoun

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

Bardnoun

Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.

Bardnoun

A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]

Bardnoun

Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

Bardnoun

A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

Bardnoun

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

Bardnoun

Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Bardverb

To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Bardnoun

a lyric poet

Bardnoun

an ornamental caparison for a horse

Bardverb

put a caparison on;

Bardnoun

a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition

Bardnoun

Shakespeare.

Bardnoun

the winner of a prize for Welsh verse at an Eisteddfod

Bardnoun

a rasher of fat bacon placed on meat or game before roasting.

Bardverb

cover (meat or game) with rashers of fat bacon

Bard

In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities. Originally bards were a specific lower class of poet, contrasting with the higher rank known as fili in Ireland and Highland Scotland.

Lardnoun

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.

Lardnoun

(obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.

Lardverb

(cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.

Lardverb

To smear with fat or lard.

Lardverb

To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.

Lardverb

To fatten; to enrich.

Lardverb

To grow fat.

Lardverb

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

Lardnoun

Bacon; the flesh of swine.

Lardnoun

The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.

Lardverb

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.

Lardverb

To fatten; to enrich.

Lardverb

To smear with lard or fat.

Lardverb

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

Lardverb

To grow fat.

Lardnoun

soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

Lardverb

prepare or cook with lard;

Lardverb

add details to

Lardnoun

fat from the abdomen of a pig that is rendered and clarified for use in cooking.

Lardnoun

excess fat in a person

Lardverb

insert strips of fat or bacon in (meat) before cooking

Lardverb

smear or cover (a foodstuff) with lard or fat to prevent it drying out during storage

Lardverb

embellish (talk or writing) with an excessive number of esoteric or technical expressions

Lardverb

cover or fill thickly or excessively

Lard

Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig. It is distinguished from tallow, a similar product derived from fat of cattle or sheep.