interlard
[verb]
Synonyms: interfuse, diffuse, infuse, intersow, intersperse, intersprinkle

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interlard verb trans. [ɪntǝ'lɑ:d] Also (earlier) enterlard. LME.
[Old & mod. French entrelarder, from entre- ENTER-¹, INTER- + larder LARD verb.]
1. Mix with alternate layers of fat; thread (lean meat) with strips of fat before cooking. LME-L18.
transf.:
■ W. Lithgow Grey Marble, interlarded with white Alabaster.

2. Interpolate, interpose. Now rare. M16.
■ T. Carte Boyish speeches in which he often interlarded the words O tempora, O mores.

3. fig. = LARD verb 4. L16.
■ C. Connolly My jokes, a combination of puns and personal remarks interlarded with..wisecracks.
■ D. Prater He also began to write a history..interlarding his prose text with verse.
b. Become intermingled with; run through. M17.
■ W. Congreve Lying is a figure of speech that interlards the greatest part of my conversation.

■ interlardment noun the action of interlarding; something interlarded: M18.

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