larcenous 
I (lar'se-nus), 11. [< liircfii-y + -ous.'] 
Thievish; pertaining to, characterized by, or 
tainted with larceny. 
The acquittal of any noble and official thief will not fall 
to diffuse the most heartfelt satisfaction over the larce- 
wnu and burglarious world. 
Sydiifii Kmiili, ivier I'lymlcy's Letters, iv. 
larcenously (liir'sr-ims-li), //>. tn a larce- 
nous or thievish manlier; thievishly. 
larceny (lar'se-ni), H. [Formerly also larciny ; 
with added suffix -y, prob. to conform the word 
to burglary, felony, etc. ; earlier "Inrcen, larson, 
< OF. larriTin, Inrcin. V. Inrcin = Sp. Pg. It. la- 
trocinio, < L. latrocinium (> E. latrociny), rob- 
bery, < latrocinari, practise froebooting or higli- 
way robbery, < latro, a hired servant, a mer- 
cenary, a freebooter, robber. Cf. Or. Mrpic, a 
hired servant.] In lair, the wrongful or fraudu- 
lent taking and carrying away, by any person 
and from any place, of the mere personal goods 
of another, with a felonious intent to convert 
them to the taker's own use, and make them his 
own property, without the consent of the owner ; 
theft. East. According to some recent authorities, 
conversion with felonious intent may be larceny although 
there was no Intent to appropriate the thing to the use of 
the thief himself. At common law appropriation by an 
employee or bailee already in lawful possession was not 
larceny, but at most embezzlement. By modern statute, in 
several Jurisdictions acts formerly amounting only to em- 
bezzlement have been made larceny. 
Larciny, or theft, by contraction for latrociny, latrocl- 
nium. is distinguished by the law Into two sorts. 
Blackstone, Com., IV. xvll. 
Compound larceny. See rimi/le larceny. Grand lar- 
ceny, larceny of property having a value equal to or more 
than a certain amount, which the common law in England 
fixes at 12d., and which is fixed in some parts of the United 
States at $25, in others at $60. Petty larceny, larceny of 
property having a value less than that fixed in the case 
of grand larceny. Simple larceny, larceny uncombined 
with any circumstances of aggravation, such as being com- 
mitted ny the owner's clerks or servants, or from the per- 
son: when so combined, it is called compound larceny. 
Robbery is larceny combined with assault, and is thus com- 
pound larceny. 
larch (larch), n. [Early mod. E. larche, < OF. 
lin-cge, lariee = Sp. Idrice = Pg. larico = It. laricv 
= MD. lerclcen(boom), D. b>rken(boom) = OHO. 
"Uirihha, MHO. larche, lerche, G. lerche, larche 
(lerchenbaum) = Dan. Iterke, Icerk6(trce) = Sw. 
liirk(trad), < L. larlx (laric-), < Or. Mptf (Uput-), 
larch. The W. llars-wydden, llnr-wydden (gwyd- 
tien, tree ) is after E. The mod. F. name is meleze.] 
Any coniferous tree of the genus Larix. The com- 
mon larch of Europe, L. Eurojxea, Is native in the Alps 
and their vicinity, and Is frequently cultivated in England 
American Larch, or Tamarack (Larix Americana). 
I, branch with leaves ; 9, branch with cones ; a, branch with male 
flowers : t>, branch with a young cone ; r, cone ; a, scale of cone with 
the two seeds : e, seed. 
and the United States. It is of an elegant, conical growth, 
and its wood Is tough, buoyant, elastic, and extremely du- 
rable. The tree yields Venetian turpentine, and its bark 
itt used in tanning and dyeing. The American or black 
lurch is L. Americana, the tamarack or hackmatack. The 
larch of northwestern America is L. occidental^. The Chi- 
nese or golden larch is L. (I'sfudolarii) Kcem^feri. The 
Ilimalayan larch, L. Grifithii, yields a soft but durable 
timber. The Corsican larch Is Pinut Laricio. 
When rosy plumelets tuft the larch. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, xcl. 
larch-bark (liirch'bark), . The bark of Larif 
Kuropa-a : the laricis cortex of the British Phar- 
macopoeia. It has been used in hemorrhaglc, bronchitic, 
and cutaneous affections. 
larchen (liir'chen), a. [< larch + -e 2 .] Of, 
pertaining to, or of the nature of larch. 
larch-tree (larch'tre), n. Same as larch. 
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lard (liird), >i. [< ME. lard<: < OF. l,ir,l, F. liinl. 
IMCOII, fat of swine, blubber of whales, etc., = 
Sp. 1'g. It. lurilo = NGr. /.o/li, < L. lardum, ln- 
ridum, larida, the fat of bacon. G'f. Or. )Mptv6f, 
fat, /ap6f, sweet, pleasant, nice.] If. The fat 
of swine ; bacon ; pork. 
By this the boiling kettle had prepaid, 
And to the table sent the Brooking lard ; 
On which with eager appetite they dine, 
A savoury bit that serv'd to relish wine. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Baucis and Philemon, 1. 107. 
2. The fat of swine after being separated from 
the flesh and membranes by the process of ren- 
dering; the clarified semi-solid oil of hogs' fat. 
It Is a very important article of commerce, being used for 
many culinary and industrial purposes, in pharmacy as the 
basis of ointments and cerates, etc. Hee tard-oU. 
lard (liird), p. [< ME. larden, < F. larder = Sp. 
lardar = Pg. lardear = It. lardare, lard; from 
the noun.] I. (rang. 1. To stuff with bacon or 
pork ; introduce thin pieces of salt pork, ham, 
or bacon into the substance of (a joint of meat) 
before cooking, in order to improve its flavor. 
He Is also good at larding of Meat after the Mode of 
France. UmctU, Letters, I. v. 86. 
Hence 2. To intersperse with something by 
way of improvement or ornamentation ; eunch ; 
garnish ; interlard. 
They say, the Llrlck is larded with passionate Sonnets. 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. 
White his shroud as the mountain snow, . . . 
Larded with sweet flowers. Shale., Hamlet, iv. 5. 37. 
They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 19. 
A vocabulary larded with the words humanity and phi- 
lanthropy. R. Choate, Addresses, p. 237. 
3f. To pierce as in the operation of larding. 
Thy Barbed dart heer at a Chaldee flies 
And In an Instant lardeth both his thighes. 
Sylvester, tr. of L)u Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Vocation. 
4. To apply lard or grease to; baste; grease; 
besmear. 
Falstaff sweats to death, 
And lanl the lean earth. 
SAo*., 1 Hen. IV., 11 2. 116. 
As smart above 
As meat and larded locks can make him. 
Cowper, Task, IT. 042. 
5t. To fatten. 
And mochell mast to the husband did yielde, 
And with his nuts larded many swine. 
Spenter, Shep. Cal., February. 
Live by meat ! 
By larding up your bodies ! 'tis lewd and lazy. 
Fletcher, Bonduca, L 2. 
Il.t intrans. To grow fat. 
In the furrow by, where Ceres lies much spill'd. 
The unwieldy larding swine his maw then having flU'd, 
lies wallowing in the mire. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xiv. 108. 
lardacein (lar-<la'se-in), . [< lardace(ous) + 
-in 2 .] A proteid substance found as a deposit 
in certain diseased organs and tissues of the 
body. It differs from other proteids In resisting the ac- 
tion of digestive fluids, and in coloring red with Iodine 
alone, and violet or blue with iodine and sulphuric acid. 
lardaceous (lar-da'shius), a. [< lard, n., + 
-aceotts.] Of, pertaining to, containing, or con- 
sisting of lard or lardaceiu ; of the nature of 
lard; resembling lard. Lardaceoua disease, a 
morbid condition In which lardacein Is deposited or form- 
ed in various tissues. Also called albuminoid, waxy, or 
amyloid dueate or degeneration. Lardaceous tissues, 
tissues containing lardacein. 
lard-boiler (liird'boi'ler). n. A steam-heated 
pan in which the fat of hogs is boiled to sep- 
arate the lard from the membranes. E. H. 
Knight. 
lard-cooler (lard'ko'ler), n. An apparatus for 
the artificial cooling of rendered lard, it consists 
of a vessel surrounded Dy a stream of cold water, which 
passes in and out by means of pipes, while air is forced 
Into the inner vessel through a tubular shaft In the mid- 
dle. The contents of the vessel are agitated by the action 
of movable wooden slats revolving between fixed stats, 
while scrapers prevent accumulation of the lard on the 
sides of the vessel. K. H. Kniyht. 
larder 1 (lar'der), . [< ME. larder, < OF. lardier, 
a tub for bacon, larder, a room for meats, < ML. 
tiinlnriunt (also larderiiim, after OF.), a room 
for meats, < L. lardum, laridum, fat of bacon : 
see lard, n. Of. OF. lardoir, lardouer, a larder, 
F. lardoirc, a larding-pin, < ML. lardatorium, a 
larding-pin, < lardare, lard, spit : see lard, r.] 
1. A room in which bacon and other meats are 
kept or salted ; hence, a depository of provisions 
in general for a household ; a pantry. 
Good master porter, I belong to the larder. 
Shot., Hen. vm., v. 4. 5. 
The larders of Savona were filled with the choicest game. 
PrcKott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. -JO. 
2. The stock of provisions in a house ; provi- 
sions as served. 
Larentinae 
larder-t, larduret, . [ME., also innirr ; < OF. 
'larduri; slaughter ( f) (not found in this sense); 
cf. lardure, a piece of bacon or fat ; < lardi-r, lard, 
stick, spit: see lard, r.] Slaughter. 
Therdlde Ban gret menrellles, ff or he remounted Arthur 
a monge his cnmyes with fin force, and made so grete 
tardrr of the Geauntes, that noon durste of hym a-bldc a 
stroke. Merlin (E. K T. 8.X U. ate. 
larder-beetle (lar'der-be'tl), . The bacon- 
beetle. Dermestes lardarius : so called from its 
depredations upon stored animal foods. See 
III I'm, . -iti.-i, :imi cut iiliili-r l,n,;, ii-hi i tlr. 
larderellite (lar-tle-rcl'it), . [Named after 
one lMrdrri'1, connected with the borax in- 
ilustry of Tuscany.] A hydrous ammonium 
borate occurring in white crystalline masses 
about the Tuscan lagoons. 
larderer (lar'der-er), . [< ME. larderere, < 
larder + -er 1 .] One who has charge of a larder. 
John Fltz-John, by Reason of his Mannor of 8. In Nor- 
folk, was admitted to be chief Larderer. 
Bolter, Chronicle*, p. 136. 
larder-houset (lar'der-hous), n. [ME. lardyr- 
/(..] Same as larder*-, 1. 
larderyt (liir'der-i), . [Formerly also larderie, 
lardarye, lardry, lardrie; < ML. lardarium, a 
larder: see larder 1 . Cf. OF. larderie, the art of 
larding meats.] Same as larder*. 
Carnain, carnario (It), a lardrie or place to hang and 
keepe meate In. Florio. 
The citizens of Winchester had ouersight of the kitchen 
and larderie. Iloliiuhed, Hen. III., an. 12SS. 
lardinert (lar'di-ner), n. [< ME. lardyner, < 
OF. "lardinier, < ML. lardenarius, equiv. to lar- 
darius, a steward, one in charge of the birder, 
< L. lardum, lard: see lard, larder 1 . Hence the 
surname Lardner."} A steward. 
Hoo so mak) ,it at Crystysmas a dogge lardyner and yn 
March a sowe gardyner, ... he schall neuer haue goode 
larder ne fayre gardyn. llabttt Boot (K. E. T. H.), p. 368. 
larding-needle (liir'ding-ne 'dl), n. An instru- 
ment with which to insert the strips of pork 
used in larding meat. 
larding-pin (lar'ding-pin), n. Same as liinl- 
ing-needle. 
larding-stickt, n. Same as larding-needle. 
A lanliny utick, wherewith cookes use to drawe lard 
through flesh. Xomenclator. 
lardocein (ISr-do'se-in), n. Same as lardacein. 
lard-oil (lard'oil), '. An oil expressed from 
hogs' lard. It Is colorless and limpid, and Is used for 
greasing wool, for the lubrication of machinery, for adul- 
terating olive- and sperm oils, and to some extent for 
burning in lamps. It U largely used In the United Males 
for making soap. 
lardon, lardoon (lar'don, Iar-d8n'), n. [< F. 
lardon, a thin slice of bacon, < lard, bacon: see 
lard, n.] A strip of bacon or salt pork used for 
larding. 
Thrust the needle Into the meat at one of the side lines, 
and when It Is about half way through to the top of the 
piece, press the steel slightly with the thumb and fore- 
linger, to hold the lardoon in place until it has entered the 
meat. Parloa, New Cook Book, p. 397. 
lard-press (lard'pres), n. A press used for 
separating cooked lard from the cracklings. 
lard-renderer (lard ' ren ' der-er), n. A tank- 
boiler or vessel in which cut lard is cooked to 
separate the clear fat from the membranes and 
watery parts. E. H. Knight. 
lardryt, n. A contraction of lardery. 
lardstone (lard'ston), n. A kind of soft stone 
found in China. See agalmatolite. 
larduret, . See larder*. 
lardy (lar'di), a. [< lard + -yl.] Containing 
lard; full of lard ; of the nature of lard. 
lare 1 1, . An obsolete form of lore*. 
lare'-t, An obsolete spelling of lair*. 
lare 3 , . An obsolete or dialectal form of lair 3 . 
Larentia (la -ren 'ti-S), n. [NL. (Treitschke, 
1825), < L. Larentia, in Roman legend the foster- 
mother of Romulus and Remus.] A genus of 
geometrid moths giving name to the Larcn tidir, 
having the palpi reaching beyond the front and 
their joints indistinct. The larvie are slender and 
cylindrtc, and live on low plants. Representatives occur 
in all parts of the world ; nearly 100 species are described, 
about 40 of them European. 
Larentidae.Larentiidse (la-ren'ti-de, lar-en-ti'- 
i-de), n. pi. [NL. (Qnenee, 1857), < Larentia 
+ -<te.] A family of geometrid moths, typi- 
fied by the genus Larentia, containing such 
forms as the pugs, carpet-moths, high-fliers, etc. 
It Is a large and wide-spread group, whose members hare 
the palpi compressed like a beak, the wings not angulate, 
rarely dentate, with moderate fringes, and the areola 
oftenest double. The larva? are elongate, without tn- 
bercles u-u:ilh en en, and with distinct lines. 
Larentinae. Larentiinae (la-reu-ti'ne, la-ren-ti- 
I'ne), ii. [XL., < Larentia + -incr.~] The La- 
ri utiilir regarded as a subfamily. 
