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Interlard
Pronunciation : In`ter*lard"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. entrelarder. See Inter-, and Lard.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Interlarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlarding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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