interlard Meaning, Definition & Usage

In`ter*lard" transitive verb

Etymology

F. entrelarder. See Inter-, and Lard.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Interlarded; present participle & verbal noun Interlarding

Definitions

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.