larding

Verb

lard (third-person singular simple present lards, present participle larding, simple past and past participle larded)

1. To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
2. To smear with fat or lard.
   • In his buff doublet larded o'er with fat / Of slaughtered brutes.1740, William Somervile, Hobbinol
3. To distribute, garnish or strew, especially with reference to fatty or greasy things or words or phrases in speech and writing.
   • The first notice came from — of course — a Trump tweet, after his meeting with Barr on the question of voter fraud allegations in the 2020 election. Barr made a point of noting the topic in his resignation letter, which was larded with slavish praise for the president's accomplishments in the face...2020 December 15, Harry Litman, “There's no getting around William Barr's dishonorable record”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
4. To fatten; to enrich.
   • [The oak] with his nuts larded many swine.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
5. To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
   • Larded with sweet flowers; Which bewept to the gravec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
6. To embellish with unnecessary frills; to pad.
   • Ultimately, the plans were rejected by Senate leadership, Cruz told reporters, after he and a number of others objected. "That proposal did not carry the day," Cruz said. "Those $350bn in tax increases are not in the bill ... and larding the bill up with new tax increases would have been going the...2017 December 2, Lauren Gambino, “Senate Republicans pass sweeping overhaul of US tax code”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

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