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intersow, v.|ɪntəˈsəʊ| Pa. pple. -sown. [inter- 1 a: cf. interseam, interseminate.] 1. trans. To sow, or fig. to scatter or sprinkle, among or between other things; = intersperse 1.
1605Camden Rem. (1636) 40 Here amongst, the Brittans have left divers of their words intersowed. 2. To furnish (ground, etc.) with seed or the like sown or scattered among or between other things, or at intervals; const. with: = intersperse 2.
1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Planting, The remainder of the Ground may be inter-sow'd with Ash-Keys. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. viii. ix 97 The very dust is dazzling and priceless, intersown with the sapphire, the sardonyx, the emerald of heaven. |