adjective
3.
South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, especially full-grown: a boar cat.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | an uncastrated male pig |
| 2. | See wild boar |
| [Old English bār; related to Old High German bēr] | |
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Word Origin & History
boar
O.E. bar "boar," from W.Gmc. *bairaz (cf. O.S. ber, Du. beer, O.H.G. ber), of unknown origin with no cognates outside W.Gmc. Applied in M.E. to persons of boar-like character.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Boar definition
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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