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In`ter*ar`bo*ra"tion (?), n. The interweaving of branches of trees. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

In`ter*ar*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.

In`ter*a*tom"ic (?), a. (Chem. & Physics) Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.

In`ter*au"lic (?), a. Existing between royal courts. [R.] "Interaulic politics." Motley.

In`ter*au*ric"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.

In`ter*ax"al (?), a. (Arch.) Situated in an interaxis. Gwilt.

In`ter*ax"il*la*ry (?), a. (Bot.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.

In`ter*ax"is (?), n.; pl. Interaxes (&?;). (Arch.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.

The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrally in the interaxes.

Gwilt.

In`ter*bas*ta"tion (?), n. [Pref. inter- + baste to sew.] Patchwork. [Obs.] Dr. J. Smith.

In`ter*brach"i*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Between the arms.

In`ter*brain` (?), n. (Anat.) See Thalamencephalon.

In`ter*bran"chi*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Between the branchiæ.

In`ter*breed" (?), v. t. & i. To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.

In*ter"ca*lar (?), a. Intercalary.

In*ter"ca*la*ry (?; 277), a. [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate.]

1. (Chron.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. "Intercalary spines." Owen.

This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet.

Beattie.

Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Mayne.

In*ter"ca*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercalated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating (?).] [L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar.]

1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.

2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks.

Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale.

Mantell.

In*ter`ca*la"tion (?), n. [L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]