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Interstice


IN'TERSTICE, noun [Latin interstitium; inter and sto, to stand.]

1. A space between things; but chiefly, a narrow or small space between things closely set, or the parts which compose a body. We speak of the interstices between the teeth, or between the parts of wood or stone.

2. Time between one act and another; interval.