Emily Dickinson Lexicon

between, prep. [OE.] (webplay: another, common, difference, distance, exchange, exist, friends, land, more, mutual, own, passing, right, runs, soul, tract, two).

1. Separating; dividing; keeping apart; having two other things on either side.
2. Distinguishing; differentiating; contrasting; allowing there to be a distinction concerning.
3. Across the space separating; over the division of.
4. In the interval of; following and preceding.
5. With; against; involving; including.
6. Which one; from two options.
7. Through time; in the interim; as separators; through a specific space.