intershootv.
/ɪntəˈʃuːt/ a. intransitive. To shoot or glance at intervals.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > glance or look quickly > at intervals
intershoot1845
1845 W. Wordsworth Suggested by Bird of Paradise 21 Hues..intershooting, and to sight Lost and recovered, as the rays of light Glance on the conscious plumes.
b. transitive. To shoot or dart between or among; to variegate at intervals (chiefly in past participle intershot, const. with: cf. shot adj.).
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > variegate [verb (transitive)]
chequer?a1400
fleckc1430
engrail1483
shoot1532
begary1538
intermingle1553
enchase1590
diaper1592
sinew1592
motley1602
intercolour1607
damask1610
particolour1610
inshade1613
freta1616
enamel1650
discolour1656
variegatea1728
jasper1799
intershoot1845
patchwork1853
pattern1898
strand1914
harlequin-
1845 F. W. Faber Rosary 56 A long broad lake of meadow-grass..intershot with gold and green.
1890 Chicago News 29 Oct. The fires of the eruption intershot the dense smoke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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