in a general sense, denotes old lard, or the drier and hardest of any fat in the bodies of animals: but more properly it signifies only hogs-lard.*

AXUSGLA Pitra, Sandiver, or Salt of Glass, a kind of salt which separates from the glass while it is in fusion. It is of an acrimonious and biting taste. The farriers use it for cleansing the eyes of horses. It is also made use of for cleansing the teeth; and it is sometimes applied to running ulcers, the herpes, or the itch, by way of deificative.