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.
In*te`ri*or"i*ty (?), n. State of being interior.
In*te"ri*or*ly (?), adv. Internally; inwardly.
{ In`ter*ja"cence (?), In`ter*ja"cen*cy (?), } n. [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.
In`ter*ja"cent (?), a. [L. interjacens, -entis, p. pr. of interjacere
to lie between; inter between + jac&?;re to lie.] Lying or being
between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles. Sir W. Raleigh.
In`ter*jac"u*late (?), v. t. To ejaculate parenthetically. [R.]
Thackeray.
In`ter*jan"gle (?), v. i. To make a dissonant, discordant noise one
with another; to talk or chatter noisily. [R.] Daniel.
In`ter*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Interjecting.] [L. interjectus, p. p. 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.
In`ter*ject", v. i. To throw one's self between or among; to come
between; to interpose. Sir G. Buck.
In`ter*jec"tion (?), n. [L. interjectio: cf. F. 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.
In`ter*jec"tion*al (?), a. 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.
In`ter*jec"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. To convert into, or to use as, an
interjection. Earle.
In`ter*jec"tion*al*ly, adv. In an interjectional manner. G. Eliot.
In`ter*jec"tion*a*ry (?), a. Interjectional.
In`ter*join" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjoined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Interjoining.] [Pref. inter + join.] To join mutually; to unite. [R.]
Shak.
In"ter*joist` (?), n. (Carp.) 1. The space or interval between two
joists. Gwilt.