▪ I. interlard, v.
(ɪntəˈlɑːd)
Also 6–7 enter-.
[a. F. entrelarder (12th c. in Hatz.–Darm.), f. entre- (inter- 1 a) + larder to lard.]
† 1. trans. To mix with alternate layers of fat: said in the passive voice of natural intermixture; in Cookery, to insert strips of fat, bacon, etc. into (lean meat) before cooking; to lard. Obs.
| a 1533 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) I v b, Flesshe oughte not to be..so fatte that it cloie the stomacke: but meane and enterlarded. 1555 Eden Decades 26 Peacockes and phesauntes [lose their taste] except they bee interlarded beefore they bee rosted. 1622 Drayton Poly-olb. xxvi. (1748) 371 Whose [the salmon's] grain doth rise in flakes with fatness interlarded. c 1720 W. Gibson Farrier's Guide i. iv. (1738) 50 These Muscles are interlarded with a considerable deal of Fat. 1741 Compl. Fam. Piece i. ii. 153 Take a good Buttock of Beef, interlarded with great Lards rolled up in Savoury Spice and sweet Herbs. |
† b. To intermix (fat) in lean meat. Obs.
| 1649 Alcoran 88 We forbad the Jews to eat..of the fat of beasts, except of such as is interlarded in the flesh. |
† 2. transf. To intermingle or intermix (a thing) with alternate or inserted layers or portions of something else. Obs.
| 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii. 369 Grey Marble, interlarded with white Alabaster. 1777 Stewart in Phil. Trans. LXVII. 487 It was found throughout interlarded (if I may be allowed the expression) with the purest metal. |
3. fig. To diversify by intermixture or interjection; to mix, mingle, or intersperse with.
| 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 920/1 To interlard a tale of untruth, with some parcell of truth nowe and then among. 1590 Greene Mourn. Garm. (1616) 1 The gifts of the minde so interlarded with the excellence of all vertues. 1670 G. H. tr. Hist. Cardinals ii. iii. 196 [He] enterlards the fury of his heart..with a counterfeit modesty and goodness. a 1694 Tillotson Serm. xxii. (1742) II. 81 When men use to interlard all their careless talk with oaths. 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. (R.), They interlard their native drinks with choice Of strongest brandy. 1752 Fielding Amelia i. iii, A volley of dreadful oaths, interlarded with some language, not proper to be repeated. 1820 Scott Monast. xiv, The high-flown and ornate compliments with which the gallant knight of the sixteenth century interlarded his conversation. 1841 Lever C. O'Malley xxxv. 191 He would interlard his meditation by passages of scripture. 1872 W. Minto Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 29 There is a tolerably unanimous public opinion against interlarding English composition with foreign words. |
b. Said of the ingredient.
| c 1654 R. Flecknoe Relat. 10 Yrs. Trav. 105 Latin..rather serves to interlard other Languages, than to make an intire meal of discourse. 1695 Congreve Love for L. iv. xix, Lying is a figure of speech that interlards the greatest part of my conversation. 1867 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd x. 97 Slangy technicalities of the turf had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble. |
† 4. To interpolate, interpose. Obs.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 6 Plenty of flesshe enterlardyng and entermyngling it selfe with the muskles. 1565 Jewel Repl. Harding (1611) 456 Here M. Harding..hath interlarded a long Fable of his owne. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. xiii[i] (Arb.) 136 Your fourth [verse] of one bissillable, and two monosillables interlarded. 1601 Holland Pliny xxxiv. viii. II. 497, I will not ouerpasse the multitude of others, but interlard (as it were) and disperse them among. 1668 Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. i. xxxvi. 80 An innumerable company of..Veins, and Arteries, among which Blood out of the Vessels seems to be shed and interlarded. 1755 Carte Hist. Eng. IV. 28 Boyish speeches in which he often interlarded the words O tempora, O mores. |
† 5. To smear internally (with something). Obs.
| 1632 Lithgow Trav. v. 182 Jarres..whose insides are all interlarded with pitch to preserve the earthen vessells. |
Hence interˈlarded ppl. a., interˈlarding vbl. n.
| 1581 Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. (1887) 157 With some enterlarding of towardnes and learning. a 1648 Digby Closet Opened, Shred half a pound of the belly-part of interlarded Bacon. 1759 Sterne Tr. Shandy II. v, He was voluble;—the eternal interlardings of ‘your Honour’, with the respectfulness of Corporal Trim's manner. 1815 Woman's Will iii. i, Hell and the devil! will you never have done with these interlardings? |
▪ II. † ˈinterlard, n. Obs. rare.
[f. prec. vb.]
The fat or omentum of a beast.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 262/2 Interlarde, of fet flesche, abdomen. 1557 Primer, Lauds A viij, My soule shal be satisfied as it wer with interlarde and fatnesse. |