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Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.

to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking. Do not interrupt me in my course. Shak.

Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously. Interruptedly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with large ones. Gray.

One who, or that which, interrupts.

The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

Tending to interrupt; interrupting. "Interruptive forces." H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv.

Within the territory or a territory.

A professional builder who erects cheap dwellings of poor materials and unsubstantial and slovenly construction.

Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses. [Colloq. Eng.]

The small applelike berry of American trees of genus Amelanchier; -- also called service berry.

A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

eme. The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young.

A short club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa.

The cloudberry (Rudus Chamæmorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.

Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.

A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.

Inland. Sir T. Browne.

In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See Mirth, and Merry. Merrily sing, and sport, and play. Granville.

See Merrymake, n.