From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t.
To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crevice \Crev"ice\ (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F.
crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to
crack,break. Cf. {Craven}, {Crepitate}, {Crevasse}.]
A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the
separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
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The mouse,
Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
Or from the crevice peered about. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crevice
n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice},
{cranny}, {crack}, {fissure}, {chap}]
2: a long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {cleft}, {crevice},
{fissure}, {scissure}]
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