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Interlace   /ˌɪntərlˈeɪs/   Listen
Interlace

verb
(past & past part. interlaced; pres. part. interlacing)
1.
Spin,wind, or twist together.  Synonyms: enlace, entwine, intertwine, lace, twine.  "Twine the threads into a rope" , "Intertwined hearts"
2.
Hold in a locking position.  Synonyms: interlock, lock.






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"Interlace" Quotes from Famous Books



... to me by night And we did clip and interlace And lay together through the dark; But, lo, the morning broke apace. To God, my Lord, I pray that He Will reunite us of His grace And make night last to me, what while I hold my love in ...
— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume IV • Anonymous

... grow in dense, hot jungles. Gigantic climbers tackle the loftiest trees. One allied to the gourd bears immense yellowish-white pendulous blossoms; another bears curious pitcher-shaped flowers. Vines, peppers, and pothos interlace with the palms and plantains in impenetrable jungle. Orchids clothe the trees. Everywhere and always we hear the whirr and hum of insect life, sometimes soft and soothing, sometimes harsh and strident. And floating about wherever we look are butterflies innumerable, many dull ...
— The Heart of Nature - or, The Quest for Natural Beauty • Francis Younghusband

... for people's taste. The place is lovely. Underfoot, it's quite overgrown with mosses; and the branches interlace overhead. Where the sun filters through, you get adorable effects of light and shadow. It's fearfully romantic; perfect for making love in, and that sort of thing. Oh, if all the women hereabouts hadn't such hawk-like noses! You see, the Duke of Wellington was here in 1814.—No? ...
— Grey Roses • Henry Harland

... adhesive plaster. Cut thin strips of sticking-plaster, and bring the parts together; or if large and deep, cut two broad pieces, so as to look like the teeth of a comb, and place one on each side of the wound, which must be cleaned previously. These pieces must be arranged so that they shall interlace one another; then, by laying hold of the pieces on the right side with one hand, and those on the other side with the other hand, and pulling them from one another, the edges of the wound are brought ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous

... built, large enough to admit a man lying down. Bushes were stuck in the ground in two rows, about six feet long and some two or three feet apart; other bushes connected the rows at one end. The tops of the bushes were drawn together to interlace, and confined in that position; the whole was then plastered over with wet clay until every opening was filled. Just inside the open end of the oven the floor was scooped out so as to make a hole that would hold a bucket ...
— Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete • Ulysses S. Grant


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