Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN'TER-STICE
IN-TER-STEL'LARIN-TER-STINCT'IVE
IN'TER-STICE, n. [Fr. from L. interstitium; inter and sto, to stand.]
- 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 parts of wood or stone.
- Time between one act and another. Ayliffe.
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