Interstices

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interstice \In*ter"stice\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Interstices}. [L.
     interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to
     set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See {Stand}.]
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     1. That which intervenes between one thing and another;
        especially, a space between things closely set, or between


        the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a
        crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a
        wall.
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     2. An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the
        plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between
        the reception of the various degrees of orders.
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              Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin.
                                                    --Addis &
                                                    Arnold.
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