Interlace

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:29:33

In`ter*lace" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Interlaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interlacing (?).] [OE. entrelacen, F. 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 every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden.

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

 

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