interstice

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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.
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