Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TER-LIN'ING, ppr.

Writing between lines already written or printed.

IN-TER-LINK', v.t. [inter and link.]

To connect by uniting links; to join one chain to another. Dryden.

IN-TER-LINK'ED, pp.

Connected by union of links; joined.

IN-TER-LINK'ING, ppr.

Connecting by uniting links; joining.

IN-TER-LOB'U-LAR, a.

Being between lobes. Hall.

IN-TER-LO-CA'TION, n.

A placing between; interposition.

IN-TER-LO-CU'TION, n. [L. interlocutio; inter and locutio, loquor, to speak.]

1. Dialogue; conference; interchange of speech. Hooker.
2. In law, an intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe.

IN-TER-LOC'U-TOR, n. [L. interloquor, supra.]

1. One who speaks in dialogue; a dialogist. Boyle.
2. In Scots law, an interlocutory judgment or sentence. Encyc.

IN-TER-LOC'U-TO-RY, a. [Fr. interlocutoire, supra.]

1. Consisting of dialogue. There are several interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures. Fiddes.
2. In law, intermediate; not final or definitive. An order, sentence, decree or judgment, given in an intermediate stage of a cause, or on some intermediate question before the final decision, is called interlocutory; as a decree in chancery referring a question of fact to a court of law, or a judgment on default in a court of law. Blackstone.

IN-TER-LOPE', v.i. [inter and D. loopen, G. laufen, to run, Eng. to leap. See Leap.]

To run between parties and intercept the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffick without a proper license; to forestall; to prevent right. Johnson.

IN-TER-LOP'ER, n.

One who runs into business to which he has no right; one who interferes wrongfully; one who enters a country or place to trade without license.

IN-TER-LOP'ING, ppr.

Interfering wrongfully. Encyc.

IN-TER-LU'CATE, v.t.

To let in light by cutting away branches of trees.

IN-TER-LU'CA-TED, pp.

Divested of branches so as to let in light.

IN-TER-LU'CA-TING, ppr.

Letting in light by cutting away branches.

IN-TER-LU-CA'TION, n.

The act of thinning a wood to let in light. Evelyn.

IN-TER-LU'CENT, a. [L. interlucens; inter and luceo, to shine.]

Shining between. Dict.

IN'TER-LUDE, n. [L. inter and ludus, play.]

An entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to amuse the spectators, while the actors take breath and shift their dress, or the scenes and decorations are changed. In ancient tragedy, the chorus sung the interludes. In modern times, interludes consist of songs, feats of activity, dances, concerts of music, &c. Encyc.

IN'TER-LUD-ED, a.

Inserted or made as an interlude.

IN'TER-LU-DER, n.

One that performs in an interlude. B. Jonson.

IN-TER-LU'EN-CY, n. [L. interluens, interluo, to flow between.]

A flowing between; water interposed. [Little used.] Hale.

IN-TER-LU'NAR, or IN-TER-LU'NA-RY, a. [L. inter and luna, the moon.]

Belonging to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Brown. Milton.

IN-TER-MAR'RIAGE, n. [inter and marriage.]

Marriage between two families, where each takes one and gives another. Johnson. Addison.

IN-TER-MAR'RI-ED, pp.

Mutually connected by marriage.

IN-TER-MAR'RY, v.i. [inter and marry.]

1. To marry one and give another in marriage, as two families.
2. To marry some of each order, family, tribe or nation with the other. About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift.