To cry pork; to give intelligence to the undertaker of a funeral; metaphor borrowed from the raven, whose note sounds like the word pork. Ravens are said to smell carrion at a distance.
·noun The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling ...
The flesh of young whales in the western isles of Scotland; the whale-beef of the Bermudas, &c. It i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
a leg of pork. Exm. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose