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interlard v (transitive)

(figurative) To embellish or vary (something) by interspersing or mixing another thing with it; also, to intersperse or mix (something) into another thing to embellish or vary it; to interweave, to mingle. (obsolete) (passive voice) To naturally intersperse (an animal's flesh or muscle) with layers of fat. (cooking) To place pieces of bacon, fat, etc., into (lean meat) before cooking; also, to place (pieces of bacon, fat, etc.) into lean meat before cooking. (by extension) Followed by with: to coat the inside of a thing with (a substance). (figurative) Followed by with: to place layers or portions of a thing into (something); also, to place layers or portions of (something) into a thing; to interpolate, to interpose. interlard n (obsolete, rare) The abdominal fat of an animal.

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