CREVICE
crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
(noun) a long narrow opening
crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap
(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crevice (plural crevices)
A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
Verb
crevice (third-person singular simple present crevices, present participle crevicing, simple past and past participle creviced)
To crack; to flaw.
Source: Wiktionary
Crev"ice (krv"s), n. Etym: [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.]
Definition: A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.
Crev"ice, v. t.
Definition: To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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