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BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber) , the name given to the uncastrated male of the domestic pig (q.v.), and to some wild species of the family Suidae (see SWINE). The European wild boar (Sus scrofa) is distributed over Europe, northern Africa, and central and northern Asia
extinct
Scotland and Ireland (J. E. Harting, Extinct
From the earliest times, owing to its great
laws
great
standing
shoulder .. Itis found throughout India, Ceylon and Burma. Here the horse and spear are still used, and the sport is one of the most popular in India. (See PIG-STICKING.) The boar is one of the four heraldic beasts of venery, and was the cognizance of Richard III., king of England. As an article of food the boar's head was long considered a special
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