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In`ter*cloud" (?), v. t. To cloud. [R.] Daniel.

In`ter*clude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercluding.] [L. intercludere, interclusum; inter between + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Interclose.] To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt. Mitford.

So all passage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded.

Boyle.

In`ter*clu"sion (?), n. [L. interclusio. See Interclude.] Interception; a stopping; obstruction.

In`ter*col*le"gi*ate (?), a. Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.

In`ter*col"line (?), a. (Geol.) Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.

In`ter*co*lo"ni*al (?), a. Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade. -- In`ter*co*lo"ni*al*ly, adv.

In`ter*co*lum"nar (?), a. Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion (?), n. (Arch.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. Gwilt.

It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common proportions. They are: Pycnostyle, when the intercolumniation is of one and a half diameters; Systyle, of two diameters; Eustyle, of two and a quarter diameters; Diastyle, of three diameters; Aræostyle, of four or more, and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone; Aræosystyle, when the intercolumniations are alternately systyle and aræostyle.

In`ter*com"bat (?), n. Combat. [Obs.] Daniel.

In`ter*com"ing (?), n. The act of coming between; intervention; interference. [Obs.]

In`ter*com"mon (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercommoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intercommoning.] [OF. entrecommuner. See Inter-, and Common, and cf. Intercommune.]

1. To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (O. Eng. Law) To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.

In`ter*com"mon*age (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) The right or privilege of intercommoning.

In`ter*com*mune" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intercommuned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intercommuning.] [Cf. Intercommon, Intercommunicate, Commune.]

1. To intercommunicate. [Obs.]

2. To have mutual communication or intercourse by conversation. [Scot.]

In`ter*com*mu"ni*ca*ble (?), a. Capable of being mutually communicated.

In`ter*com*mu"ni*cate (?), v. i. To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

In`ter*com*mu"ni*cate, v. t. To communicate mutually; to interchange. Holland.

In`ter*com*mu`ni*ca"tion (?), n. Mutual communication. Owen.

In`ter*com*mun"ion (?), n. Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.

In`ter*com*mu"ni*ty (?), n. Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.

In consequence of that intercommunity of paganism . . . one nation adopted the gods of another.

Bp. Warburton.