"pork" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /pɔrk/, /pɔːrk/ Forms: porkes [plural]
Etymology: From Old French porc, from Latin porcus. Compare farowen. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|porc}} Old French porc, {{der|enm|la|porcus}} Latin porcus Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} pork, {{enm-noun|porkes}} pork (plural porkes)
  1. pork (pig meat) Categories (topical): Meats Categories (lifeform): Livestock
    Sense id: en-pork-enm-noun-aOryIwCa Disambiguation of Meats: 83 17 Disambiguation of Livestock: 50 50
  2. swine, pig Categories (lifeform): Livestock
    Sense id: en-pork-enm-noun-8DzfTo1J Disambiguation of Livestock: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: porc, porke
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