overlard

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verb

To cover or coat with lard.

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Meanings

verboverlard (third-person singular simple present overlards, present participle overlarding, simple past and past participle overlarded)

present singular third person overlards · participle present overlarding · participle past overlarded · past overlarded

  1. transitiveTo cover or coat with lard.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo garnish or strew excessively.

    The doubts arise from the effects of plaintiff's attorney's conduct in an atmosphere of fulsome overlarding.

    1943, Reports of Selected Cases Decided in Courts of the State of New York Other Than the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court: Miscellaneous Reports, page 603
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    Father D'Arcy defends Catholic theology against those who accuse it of overlarding the idea of God with definitions, and he remarks with perfect truth […]

    1921, New Catholic World, volume 113, page 160

Origin

From over- + lard.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlard.

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