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Webster 1913 Edition
Interlard
Inˊter-lard′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Interlarded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Interlarding
.] 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 conversation with oaths or allusionsThe English laws . . . [were] mingled and
interlarded
with many particular laws of their own. Sir M. Hale.
They
Of strongest brandy.
interlard
their native drinks with choiceOf strongest brandy.
J. Philips.
Webster 1828 Edition
Interlard
INTERL`ARD
, v.t.1.
Primarily, to mix fat with lean; hence, to interpose; to insert between.2.
To mix; to diversify by mixture.Definition 2024
interlard
interlard
English
Verb
interlard (third-person singular simple present interlards, present participle interlarding, simple past and past participle interlarded)
- Bloat or embellish (something) by including (often minor and extraneous) details at regular intervals.
- 1887, Theodor Eimer, Specialization in Science
- The German student appears only too often to think that he must present his subject in the most difficult phraseology, excessively interlarded with strange words, as if he purposely would permit a glance into the treasures of his science and his knowledge only to an extremely narrow circle.
- 1887, Theodor Eimer, Specialization in Science
Synonyms
References
- ↑ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]