interstice

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They caught in no interstice, they gathered in no concavity; the uniform smoothness betrayed the dew but by showing for the moment a richer tone.

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  1. noun A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts: "There is a gleam of luminous gold, where the sinking western sun has found a first direct interstice in the clouds” (John Fowles).

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin interstitium, from *interstitus, past participle of intersistere, to pause, make a break : inter-, inter- + sistere, to cause to stand, set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from English interstice = Spanish Portuguese intersticio = Italian interstizio, from Latin interstitium, a space between, from intersistere, past participle interstitus, stand between, from inter, between, + sistere, stand: see sist, assist, etc.
 

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