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Interlard definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERL`ARD, v.t.
1. Primarily, to mix fat with lean; hence, to interpose; to insert between.
2. To mix; to diversify by mixture.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle French entrelarder, from Old French, from entre inter- + larder to lard, from lard, noun Date: circa 1587 to vary by intermixture ; intersperse, interlace

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) mix (writing or speech) with unusual words or phrases. Etymology: F entrelarder (as INTER-, LARD v.)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Mix, intersperse, intertwine, diversify, vary.

Moby Thesaurus

admix, alloy, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, diffuse, emulsify, fuse, hash, homogenize, immingle, immix, infuse, integrate, interblend, interfuse, interlace, intermingle, intermix, interpenetrate, intersow, intersperse, intersprinkle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knead, merge, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, scramble, shuffle, stir up, syncretize, throw together, toss together, work