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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun High-grade lard made from leaf fat.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Lard prepared from the flaky fat of the hog.

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  • noun White lard made from fresh, clean, sound leaf (abdominal) fat of swine, reasonably free of blood, free of foreign odors and tastes, and having not more than set maxima of potassium hydroxide, peroxide, moisture, volatile matter, and insoluble impurities.

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  • noun fat lining the abdomen and kidneys in hogs which is used to make lard

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  • (n): a high quality lard made from a layer of fat found about the kidneys of swine. Hands up if you've seen or rendered it!

    January 15, 2009

  • *keeps hands way, way down*

    January 15, 2009