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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boar n 1: Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come introduced in United States [syn: {wild boar}, {Sus scrofa}] 2: an uncastrated male hog From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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.
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