Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interlace"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interlace \In`ter*lace"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Interlaced};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Interlacing}.] [OE. entrelacen, F.
entrelacer. See {Inter-}, and {Lace}.]
To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one
thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
Severed into stripes That interlaced each other.
--Cowper.
The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue.
--Dryden.
{Interlacing arches} (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so
constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be
interlaced.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interlace
v 1: spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the
ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope" [syn: {intertwine},
{twine}, {entwine}, {enlace}, {lace}] [ant: {untwine}]
2: hold in a locking position: "He locked his hands around her
neck" [syn: {lock}, {interlock}]
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