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| in·ter·lard
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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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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.
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| interlard | |
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| introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions [syn: intersperse] |
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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.
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