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interlard

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in⋅ter⋅lard

  [in-ter-lahrd]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually fol. by with): to interlard one's speech with oaths.
2. (of things) to be intermixed in.
3. Obsolete. to mix, as fat with lean meat.
Origin:
1525–35; inter- + lard; r. enterlard < MF entrelarder

Related forms:
in⋅ter⋅lar⋅da⋅tion, in⋅ter⋅lard⋅ment, noun
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in·ter·lard   (ĭn'tər-lärd')   
tr.v.   in·ter·lard·ed, in·ter·lard·ing, in·ter·lards
To insert something foreign into: interlarded the narrative with witty remarks.

[Middle English interlarden, to mix fat into, from Old French entrelarder : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + larder, to lard (from lard, lard; see lard).]
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Word Origin & History

interlard 
1533, "to mix with alternate layers of fat" (before cooking), from M.Fr. entrelarder, from entre- "between" + larder "to lard," from O.Fr. lard "bacon fat." Figurative sense of "diversify with something intermixed" first recorded 1563.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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