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enlard

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Etymology

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From en- +‎ lard.

Verb

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enlard (third-person singular simple present enlards, present participle enlarding, simple past and past participle enlarded)

  1. (transitive) To cover or dress with lard or grease.
    • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
      Nor, by my will, assubjugate his merit,
      As amply titled as Achilles is,
      By going to Achilles:
      That were to enlard his fat already pride
      And add more coals to Cancer when he burns
      With entertaining great Hyperion.

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