Defn: Intercalary.
INTERCALARY In*ter"ca*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. intercalaris, intercalarius: cf. F. intercalaire. See Intercalate.]
1. (Chron.)
Defn: Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; — now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
2. Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary. "Intercalary spines." Owen. This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet. Beattie. Intercalary day (Med.), one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs. Mayne.
INTERCALATE
In*ter"ca*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercalated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intercalating.] Etym: [L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to
intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim.
See Calendar.]
1. (Chron.)
Defn: To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell.
INTERCALATION
In*ter`ca*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation.]