CREVICES

Noun

crevices

plural of crevice

Anagrams

• cervices, crescive

Source: Wiktionary


CREVICE

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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