In`ter*lu"cate (?), v. t. [L. interlucatus, p. p. of interlucare; inter
between + lux, lucis, light.] To let in light upon, as by cutting away
branches. [Obs.]
In`ter*lu*ca"tion (?), n. [L. interlucatio.] Act of thinning a wood to
let in light. [Obs.] Evelyn.
In`ter*lu"cent (?), a. [L. interlucens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Lucent.]
Shining between.
In`ter*lude (?), n. [OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between
+ ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F. interlude. See Ludicrous.]
1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a
play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of
waiting.
Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes When monarch reason
sleeps.
Dryden.
2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical,
which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the
romantic or Elizabethan drama.
3. (Mus.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts
of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church
music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a
hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
In"ter*lu`ded (?), a. Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or
containing interludes.
In"ter*lu`der (?), n. An actor who performs in an interlude. B. Jonson.
In"ter*lu`en*cy (?), n. [L. interluens, p. pr. of interluere to flow
between; inter + luere.] A flowing between; intervening water. [Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
{ In`ter*lu"nar (?), In`ter*lu"na*ry (?), } a. [Pref. inter- + lunar:
cf. L. interlunis.] Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon,
at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.
In`ter*man*dib"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal;
as, the intermandibular space.
In`ter*mar"riage (?), n. Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage;
giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes,
or nations.
In`ter*mar"ry (?), v. i. To become connected by marriage between their
members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families,
ranks, castes, etc.
About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome,
it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry.
Swift.
||In`ter*max*il"la (?), n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (&?;). (Anat.) See
||Premaxilla.
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In`ter*max"il*la*ry (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones.
(b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. -- n. An intermaxilla.
In"ter*mean` (?), n. Something done in the meantime; interlude. [Obs.]
B. Jonson.
In`ter*me*a"tion (?), n. [L. intermeare, intermeatum; to go between;
inter between + meare to go.] A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.
In`ter*med"dle (?), v. i. [OE. entremedlen, entermellen, to mix
together, OF. entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F. entremêler. See
Inter-, and Meddle.] To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle
officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle
with.
The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of
treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states.
Bacon.
Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See Interpose.