enlard
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English
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[edit]- inlard (archaic)
Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]enlard (third-person singular simple present enlards, present participle enlarding, simple past and past participle enlarded)
- (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.