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boar

  [bawr, bohr]
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–noun
1. the uncastrated male swine.
2. wild boar.
–adjective
3. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, esp. full-grown: a boar cat.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME boor, OE bār; c. D beer, OHG bêr < WGmc *baira-, perh. akin to Welsh baedd
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boar   (bôr, bōr)   
n.  
    1. An uncastrated male pig.
    2. The adult male of any of several mammals, such as the beaver, raccoon, or guinea pig.
  2. The wild boar.

[Middle English bor, from Old English bār.]
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Boar

Boar\, n. [OE. bar, bor, bore, AS. b[=a]r; akin to OHG. p?r, MHG. b?r, G. b["a]r, boar (but not b["a]r bear), and perh. Russ. borov' boar.] (Zo["o]l.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.
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Language Translation for : boar
Spanish: javalí, verraco,
German: der Eber,
Japanese: 雄豚
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boar 
O.E. bar, from W.Gmc. *bairaz, of unknown origin with no cognates outside W.Gmc. Applied to persons of boar-like character in M.E.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Boar

occurs only in Ps. 80:13. The same Hebrew word is elsewhere rendered "swine" (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8; Prov. 11:22; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17). The Hebrews abhorred swine's flesh, and accordingly none of these animals were reared, except in the district beyond the Sea of Galilee. In the psalm quoted above the powers that destroyed the Jewish nation are compared to wild boars and wild beasts of the field.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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