ppl. a. [f. LARD v. + -ED1.] Stuffed with fat bacon; smeared with lard, greased.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 288/1. Laardyd, lardatus.

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1570.  Levins, Manip., 49/25. Larded, lardo adipatus.

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a. 1700.  Dryden, Iliad, I. Fables (1700), 191. Larded Thighs on loaded Altars laid.

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1709.  Addison, Tatler, No. 148, ¶ 9. A larded Turkey.

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1724.  Ramsay, Health, 67. The larded peacock, and the tarts de moy.

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1784.  Cowper, Task, IV. 642. As smart above As meal and larded locks can make him.

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1821.  Clare, Vill. Minstr., I. 43. To hunt the pig, As soapt and larded through the crowd he flies.

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1837.  Dickens, Pickw., xiv. There’s a very nice ham … and a beautiful cold larded fowl.

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1862.  Fraser’s Mag., July, 42. The application of a hot iron to his ‘larded’ feet.

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