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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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