Word Study
interlard
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean. [1913 Webster]"Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness interlarded." [1913 Webster]
- 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 allusions. [1913 Webster]"The English laws . . . [were] mingled and interlarded with many particular laws of their own." [1913 Webster]"They interlard their native drinks with choice
Of strongest brandy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
interlard, v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) mix (writing or speech) with unusual words or phrases.
Etymology
F entrelarder (as INTER-, LARD v.)
THESAURUS
interlard
admix, alloy, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, diffuse, emulsify, fuse, hash, homogenize, immingle, immix, infuse, integrate, interblend, interfuse, interlace, intermingle, intermix, interpenetrate, intersow, intersperse, intersprinkle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knead, merge, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, scramble, shuffle, stir up, syncretize, throw together, toss together, workROGET THESAURUS
interlard
Mixture
VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.Interposition
VB lie between, come between, get between, intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate, put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in, interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in, let in, dovetail, splice, mortise, insinuate, smuggle, infiltrate, ingrain, interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in, intrude, obtrude, have a finger in the pie, introduce the thin end of the wedge, thrust in.For further exploring for "interlard" in Webster Dictionary Online