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Interlace : (verb)
1: spin or twist together so as to form a cord; "intertwine the
ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope" [syn: intertwine,
twine, entwine, enlace, lace] [ant: untwine]
2: hold in a locking position; "He locked his hands around her
neck" [syn: lock, interlock]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Interlace : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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