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interlard


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  interlard 
  v  :  introduce  one's  writing  or  speech  with  certain  expressions 
  [syn:  {intersperse}] 




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