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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·ter·ca·la·ry a.
 1. Chron. 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.”
    This intercalary line . . . is made the last of a triplet.   --Beattie.
 Intercalary day Med., one on which no paroxysm of an intermittent disease occurs.
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