crevice

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CREVICE, noun [Latin , to burst. See Crepitate and Rip.] A crack; a cleft; a fissure; a rent; an opening; as a crevice in a wall. CREVICE, verb transitive To crack; to flaw.
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