Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interlard"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Interlard \In`ter*lard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interlarded}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Interlarding}.] [F. entrelarder. See {Inter-},
and {Lard}.]
1. To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with
lean. [Obs.]

Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness
interlarded. --Drayton.

2. Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to
introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to
interlard a conservation with oaths or allusions.

The English laws . . . [were] mingled and
interlarded with many particular laws of their own.
--Sir M. Hale.

They interlard their native drinks with choice Of
strongest brandy. --J. Philips.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

interlard
v : introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions
[syn: {intersperse}]


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