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▪ I. interleaf, n.|ˈɪntəliːf| Pl. -leaves. [inter- 2 b.] 1. An extra leaf inserted between the regular leaves of a book, usually blank to receive notes or additional matter; also transf. matter such as is written on such a leaf.
1741Richardson Pamela lix, My little book of select devotions, with my notes in the inter-leaves. 1832R. H. Froude Rem. (1838) I. 257 All his interleaves and margins are scribbled over with lug-sails. 1856Masson Ess., Story 1770. 199 Here the reader must permit me a little Essay or disquisitional Interleaf on the character and writings of Chatterton. 1898S. Colvin Advt. Flor. Pict. Chron. 2/1 His text..comprises 42 pages of Introduction and 79 Interleaves facing the drawings. 2. Bot. A leaf developed between the ordinary leaves of a plant.
1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 573 The stunting of the shoots and grapes, the curling and premature fall of the leaves, the development of interleaves, and cracking and drying of the berries. ▪ II. interleaf, v.|ɪntəˈliːf| [f. prec.] = interleave v. Hence interˈleafed ppl. a., interˈleafing vbl. n.
1733A. Hill Let. 24 Oct. Wks. 1753 I. 156, I will interleaf your part, if you send it me. 1739― in Richardson's Corr. (1804) I. 34 The interleafed volumes of Plain Dealers and Prompters. 1876Rock Text. Fabr. ii. 8 The curious example of such gauzy interleafings in the manuscript of Theodulph. 1900Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 10/2 He proposes to ‘interleaf’ his parliamentary duties with agreeable studies. |