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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Pork, Porc, n. Also: porck. [ME and e.m.E. porc (c 1290), pork(e, also poork (Prompt. Parv.), F. porc, L. porcus swine, hog.] (A) pork.
1. A swine, a hog, a pig.Appar. only in translations from Romance languages.Also swyne pork.1456 Hay II 96/13.
That it, in quhilk thou takis thy plesaunce … is falow to the porkis Ib. 157/22.
Sum man luxurious as a swyne pork 1494 Loutfut MS. 16 b.
The sanglier … callit in sum placis porc and othir sum sanglier Ib. 17 a.
The modewarp … haffand a gronȝe in form of a porc 1533 Bell. Livy I 55/20.
O Iupiter, strike thame [the Romans] … with na les cruelte than I sall strik this pork [L. hunc porcum] c 1581 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV 491.
Payand … yeirlie … ane fed pork, xij caponis c1590 J. Stewart 66/37.
As quhan ane troup of porcks vith hiddius din from hautie montan dounvart dois discend
2. Pork.1523 Aberd. B. Rec. I 445.
And bidding of thame [merchants] to tak the salt pork and herbois in thair handis a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1804) 72.
Twa French shippes laidnit with wynes, saltit beef, and porc
