interlard

verb

1. (figuratively, transitive)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.

   “Near-synonym: interlace”

   “And here is a knacke of Simons art, to enterlard a tale of vntruth, with ſome parcell of truth now and then among, that ſomethings being found true, may win credit to the reſt which is vtterly falſe.”

   “The great ſin of Svvearing, […] doth many times ſurpriſe men unavvares into Perjury; And hovv can it be othervviſe, vvhen men uſe to interlard all their careleſs talk vvith Oaths, but that they muſt often be Perjur'd?”

   “But lying is a Figure in Speech, that interlards the greateſt part of my Converſation.”

   “They interlard their native Drinks vvith choice / Of ſtrongeſt Brandy, yet ſcarce vvith theſe Aids / Enabl'd to prevent the ſuddain Rot / Of freezing Noſe, and quick-decaying Feet.”

2. (obsolete, transitive)To naturally intersperse (an animal's flesh or muscle) with layers of fat.

   “The luſtie Salmon then, from Neptunes vvatry Realme, / VVhen as his ſeaſon ſerues, ſtemming my tydefull Streame, / […] / VVhole graine doth riſe in flakes, vvith fatneſſe interlarded, / Of many a liquoriſh lip, that highly is regarded.”

3. (obsolete, transitive)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.

   “Fleſſhe ought not to be ſo leane, that hit abhorre: nor ſo fatte that it cloye the ſtomacke: but mene and enterlarded, to the ende that hit be ſauourye.”

   “But they [serpents] loſe theyr taſte, excepte they bee prepared after a certeyne faſſhion: as doo peacockes and pheſauntes except they bee interlarded beefore they bee roſted.”

4. (broadly, obsolete, transitive)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.

   “[T]hey haue no barrels; but great Iarres made of earth, vvherein their VVine is put. And theſe Iarres are all incloſed vvithin the ground ſaue onely their mouthes, vvhich ſtand alvvayes open like to a Source or Ciſterne; vvhoſe inſides are all interlarded vvith pitch to preſerue the earthen veſſells vnbroke a ſunder, in regard of the forcible VVine; yet making the taſte thereof vnpleaſant to liquorous lips; […]”

5. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive)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.

   “Thus having raunged the moſt famous artificers diſtinctly according to their ſeverall ages, I vvill run over them againe; as many I mean as excell the reſt: and yet hovvſoever I make haſt, I vvill not overpaſſe the multitude of others, but interlard (as it vvere) and diſperſe them among, as occaſion ſhall be offered.”

   “[T]here are in the City [Fez, Morocco] […] more than foure hundred and threeſcore Moſques; fifty vvhereof are vvell benefited and ſuperbiouſly decored vvithin and vvithout, vvith glorious and extraordinary vvorkmanſhip, […] the vvalles and pillars being of grey Marble, interlarded vvith vvhite Alabaſter, […]”

   “[I]n Mankind, this Membrane [the placental cotyledon] cleavs immediately to the vvomb, […] being framed of an innumerable company of Branches, of Veins, and Arteries, among vvhich blood out of the Veſſels ſeems to be ſhed and interlarded.”

noun

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive, uncountable)The abdominal fat of an animal.

   “My ſoule ſhal be ſatiſfyed as it wer with interlarde and fatnes, and my mouth ſhall prayſe thee with lippes full of ioye.”