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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