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Interfretted In`ter·fret"ted adjective (Her.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted .

Interfulgent In`ter·ful"gent adjective [ Latin interfulgens , present participle See Inter- , and Fulgent .] Shining between.

Interfuse In`ter·fuse" transitive verb [ Latin interfusus , past participle of interfundere to pour between; inter between + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.]

1. To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.

The ambient air, wide interfused ,
Embracing round this florid earth.

Milton.

2. To spread through; to permeate; to pervade. [ R.]

Keats, in whom the moral seems to have so perfectly interfused the physical man, that you might almost say he could feel sorrow with his hands.

Lowell.

3. To mix up together; to associate. H. Spencer.

Interfusion In`ter·fu"sion noun [ Latin interfusio .] The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused. Coleridge.

Interganglionic In`ter·gan`gli·on"ic adjective (Anat.) Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.

Interglobular In`ter·glob"u·lar adjective (Anat.) Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.

Intergrave In`ter·grave" transitive verb [ imperfect Intergraved ; past participle Intergraved or Intergraven ; present participle & verbal noun Intergraving .] To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.

The work itself of the bases, was intergraven .

3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version. )

Interhemal, Interhæmal In`ter·he"mal, In`ter·hæ"mal adjective (Anat.) Between the hemal arches or hemal spines. -- noun An interhemal spine or cartilage.

Interhyal In`ter·hy"al adjective [ Inter- + the Greek letter ....] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. -- noun An interhyal ligament or cartilage.

Interim In"ter·im noun [ Latin , from inter between + im , an old accusative of is he, this, that.]

1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.

All the interim is
Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream.

Shak.

2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.

Interior In·te"ri·or adjective [ Latin , compar. from inter between: confer French intérieur . See Inter- , and confer Intimate .]

1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior , or superficial ; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.

2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.

Interior angle (Geom.) , an angle formed between two sides, within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting them; -- called also internal angle . -- Interior planets (Astron.) , those planets within the orbit of the earth. -- Interior screw , a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.

Syn. -- Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.

Interior In·te"ri·or noun 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.

Department of the Interior , that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. -- Secretary of the Interior , the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.

Interiority In·te`ri·or"i·ty noun State of being interior.

Interiorly In·te"ri·or·ly adverb Internally; inwardly.

Interjacence, Interjacency In`ter·ja"cence, In`ter·ja"cen·cy noun [ See Interjacent .] The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.

England and Scotland is divided only by the interjacency of the Tweed.

Sir M. Hale.

Interjacent In`ter·ja"cent adjective [ Latin interjacens , -entis , present participle of interjacere to lie between; inter between + jac...re to lie.] Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles. Sir W. Raleigh.

Interjaculate In`ter·jac"u·late transitive verb To ejaculate parenthetically. [ R.] Thackeray.

Interjangle In`ter·jan"gle intransitive verb To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily. [ R.] Daniel.

Interject In`ter·ject" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Interjected ; present participle & verbal noun Interjecting .] [ Latin interjectus , past participle of interjicere to interject; inter between + jac...re to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. Sir H. Wotton.

Interject In`ter·ject" intransitive verb To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose. Sir G. Buck.

Interjection In`ter·jec"tion noun [ Latin interjectio : confer French interjection . See Interject .]

1. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.

The interjection of laughing.

Bacon.

2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O ! Alas ! Ha ha ! Begone ! etc. Compare Exclamation .

An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank it among the parts of speech.

Earle.

How now! interjections ? Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he!

Shak.

Interjectional In`ter·jec"tion·al adjective 1. Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.

2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an interjection; consisting of natural and spontaneous exclamations.

Certain of the natural accompaniments of interjectional speech, such as gestures, grimaces, and gesticulations, are restrained by civilization.

Earle.

Interjectionalize In`ter·jec"tion·al·ize transitive verb To convert into, or to use as, an interjection. Earle.

Interjectionally In`ter·jec"tion·al·ly adverb In an interjectional manner. G. Eliot.

Interjectionary In`ter·jec"tion·a·ry adjective Interjectional.

Interjoin In`ter·join" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Interjoined ; present participle & verbal noun Interjoining .] [ Prefix inter + join .] To join mutually; to unite. [ R.] Shak.

Interjoist In"ter·joist` noun (Carp.) 1. The space or interval between two joists. Gwilt.

2. A middle joist or crossbeam. De Colange.

Interjunction In`ter·junc"tion noun [ Latin interjunctus , past participle of interjungere to join together. See Inter- , and Join , and confer Interjoin .] A mutual joining. [ R.]

Interknit In`ter·knit" transitive verb To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

Interknow In`ter·know" transitive verb To know mutually. [ Obsolete]

Interknowledge In`ter·knowl"edge noun Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Interlace In`ter·lace" transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Interlaced ; present participle & verbal noun Interlacing .] [ Middle English entrelacen , French entrelacer . See Inter- , and Lace .] To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

Severed into stripes
That interlaced each other.

Cowper.

The epic way is everywhere interlaced with dialogue.

Dryden.

Interlacing arches (Architecture) , arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.

Interlacement In`ter·lace"ment noun [ Confer French entrelacement .] The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.

Interlamellar, Interlaminar In`ter·lam"el·lar, In`ter·lam"i·nar adjective (Anat.) Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces.

Interlaminated In`ter·lam"i·na`ted adjective Placed between, or containing, laminæ or plates.

Interlamination In`ter·lam`i·na"tion noun The state of being interlaminated.

Interlapse In"ter·lapse` noun [ Prefix inter- + lapse : confer Latin interlabi , interlapsus , to fall, slide, or flow, between.] The lapse or interval of time between two events. [ R.] Harvey.

Interlard In`ter·lard" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Interlarded ; present participle & verbal noun Interlarding .] [ French entrelarder . See Inter- , and Lard .]

1. To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean. [ Obsolete]

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 conversation 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.

Interlay In`ter·lay" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Interlaid ; present participle & verbal noun Interlaying .] To lay or place among or between. Daniel.

Interleaf In"ter·leaf` noun ; plural Interleaves . [ See Interleave .] A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.

Interleave In`ter·leave" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Interleaved ; present participle & verbal noun Interleaving .] [ Prefix inter- + leaf .] To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.

Interlibel In`ter·li"bel transitive verb To libel mutually.

Interline In`ter·line" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Interlined ; present participle & verbal noun Interlining .] [ Prefix inter- + line : confer Late Latin interlineare , French interlinéer , Old French entreligner .]

1. To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book. Swift.

2. To arrange in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English. Locke.

3. To mark or imprint with lines.

A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow.

Marlowe.

Interlineal, Interlinear In`ter·lin"e·al, In`ter·lin"e·ar adjective [ Confer Late Latin interlinearis , French interlinéaire .] Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly , adverb

Interlineary In`ter·lin"e·a·ry adjective Interlinear. -- noun A book containing interlineations. [ R.]

Interlineation In`ter·lin`e·a"tion noun [ Confer French interlinéation .]

1. The act of interlining.

2. That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed.

Interlining In`ter·lin"ing noun Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. Bp. Burnet.

Interlink In`ter·link" transitive verb To link together; to join, as one chain to another. Dryden.

Interlink In`ter·link" noun An intermediate or connecting link.

Interlobar In`ter·lo"bar adjective (Anat.) Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.

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