Definition of Cracklings

1. Noun. The crisp residue left after lard has been rendered.

Generic synonyms: Edible Fat

Definition of Cracklings

1. Noun. (plural of crackling) ¹

2. Noun. (American English) The crisp rendered skin of a pig used as food; crackling (UK) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cracklings

1. crackling [n] - See also: crackling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cracklings

crackle
crackle china
crackleberries
crackleberry
crackled
crackles
crackleware
cracklewares
cracklier
crackliest
cracklike
crackling
crackling jaw
crackling rale
cracklingly
cracklings (current term)
cracklins
crackly
cracknel
cracknels
crackow
crackows
crackpipe
crackpipes
crackpot
crackpots
crackpottery
crackproof
cracks
cracks a book

Literary usage of Cracklings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... all that anguish which we may feel from any evil that actually oppresses us, to which I may likewise add those little cracklings of mirth and folly that ..."

2. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"TALLOW-CRAPS, The refuse or cracklings of tallow or hog's lard, after being rendered. TALLOW-HUED, Pale, wan. TAN, To beat. " I'll tan your hide. ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, Karl Schaedler (1888)
"The solid matters—now called greaves or cracklings—forni flat cakes and are sold as food for dogs, manure, or for use in the manufacture of lubricants and ..."

4. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"This operation is continued so long as the cracklings yield any fat ; and during the ... When the cracklings begin to harden they acquire a darkish tint, ..."

5. Industrial Organic Chemistry: Adapted for the Use of Manufacturers, Chemists by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1912)
"The melted fat is drained from the cracklings by passing through metallic sieves, and cracklings afterwards pressed in suitable presses to recover the ..."

6. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon (1906)
"For separating the melted fat from the cracklings, it is ladled off from the caldron ... This operation is continued so long as the cracklings yield any fat ..."

7. A Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1900)
"The melted fat is drained from the cracklings by passing through metallic sieves, and cracklings afterwards pressed in suitable presses to recover the ..."

8. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... all that anguish which we may feel from any evil that actually oppresses us, to which I may likewise add those little cracklings of mirth and folly that ..."

9. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"TALLOW-CRAPS, The refuse or cracklings of tallow or hog's lard, after being rendered. TALLOW-HUED, Pale, wan. TAN, To beat. " I'll tan your hide. ..."

10. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, Karl Schaedler (1888)
"The solid matters—now called greaves or cracklings—forni flat cakes and are sold as food for dogs, manure, or for use in the manufacture of lubricants and ..."

11. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"This operation is continued so long as the cracklings yield any fat ; and during the ... When the cracklings begin to harden they acquire a darkish tint, ..."

12. Industrial Organic Chemistry: Adapted for the Use of Manufacturers, Chemists by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1912)
"The melted fat is drained from the cracklings by passing through metallic sieves, and cracklings afterwards pressed in suitable presses to recover the ..."

13. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon (1906)
"For separating the melted fat from the cracklings, it is ladled off from the caldron ... This operation is continued so long as the cracklings yield any fat ..."

14. A Hand-book of Industrial Organic Chemistry by Samuel Philip Sadtler (1900)
"The melted fat is drained from the cracklings by passing through metallic sieves, and cracklings afterwards pressed in suitable presses to recover the ..."

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