<h1>Interbastation</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In`ter*bas*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>inter-</ets> + <ets>baste</ets> to sew.]</ety> <def>Patchwork.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Dr. J. Smith.</i>
<h1>Interbrachial</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In`ter*brach"i*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Between the arms.</def>
<h1>Interbrain</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In`ter*brain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Thalamencephalon</er>.</def>
<h1>Interbranchial</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In`ter*bran"chi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Between the branchi\'91.</def>
<h1>Interbreed</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In`ter*breed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.</def>
<h1>Intercalar</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In*ter"ca*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Intercalary.</def>
<h1>Intercalary</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In*ter"ca*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intercalaris</ets>, <ets>intercalarius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intercalaire</ets>. See <er>Intercalate</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chron.)</fld> <def>Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; <as>as, an <ex>intercalary</ex> month, day, etc.</as>; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See <er>Bissextile</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.</def> "<i>Intercalary</i> spines."
<i>Owen.</i>
<blockquote>This <b>intercalary</b> line . . . is made the last of a triplet. <i>Beattie.</i></blockquote>
<cs><col>Intercalary day</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs.</cd></cs>
<i>Mayne.</i>
<h1>Intercalate</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In*ter"ca*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intercalated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intercalating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>intercalatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>intercalare</ets> to intercalate to intercalate; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>calare</ets> to call, proclaim. See <er>Calendar</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chron.)</fld> <def>To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks.</def>
<blockquote>Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are <b>intercalated</b> and interstratified with the shale. <i>Mantell.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Intercalation</h1> <Xpage=775>
<hw>In*ter`ca*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intercalatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intercalation</ets>.]</ety>
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