Part 5977

<h1>Interlocutory</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*loc"u*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>interlocutoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Interpolated discussion or dialogue.</def>

<h1>Interlocutrice</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*loc"u*trice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A female interlocutor.</def>

<h1>Interlope</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*lope"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Interloped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Interloping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Interloper</er>.]</ety> <def>To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.</def>

<h1>Interloper</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In"ter*lo`per</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>inter-</ets> + D. <ets>looper</ets> a runner, fr. <ets>loopen</ets> to run; akin to E. <ets>leap</ets>. See <er>Leap</er>, and cf. <er>Elope</er>.]</ety> <def>One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.</def>

<blockquote>The untrained man, . . . the <b>interloper</b> as to the professions. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Interlucate</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*lu"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interlucatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>interlucare</ets>; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>lux</ets>, <ets>lucis</ets>, light.]</ety> <def>To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Interlucation</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*lu*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interlucatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of thinning a wood to let in light.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Interlucent</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*lu"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interlucens</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Inter-</er>, and <er>Lucent</er>.]</ety> <def>Shining between.</def>

<h1>Interlude</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*lude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>enterlude</ets>, LL. <ets>interludium</ets>; LL. <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>ludus</ets> play, fr. <ets>ludere</ets> to play: cf. F. <ets>interlude</ets>. See <er>Ludicrous</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Dreams are but <b>interludes</b>, which fancy makes When monarch reason sleeps. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Interluded</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In"ter*lu`ded</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.</def>

<h1>Interluder</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In"ter*lu`der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An actor who performs in an interlude.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Interluency</h1> <Xpage=778>