A hump-backed person; - so called sportively.
One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
A husband.
One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
The Savior; Jesus Christ.
To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
To rule or preside over as a lord.
To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; - sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording it over their classmates.
Bacon; the flesh of swine.
The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.
To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.
To fatten; to enrich.
To smear with lard or fat.
To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
To grow fat.
