Part 343

There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades.

Pope.

2. To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures.

Which space is interspersed with small islands and rock.

Cook.

In`ter*sper"sion (?), n. The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.

{ In`ter*spi"nal (?), In`ter*spi"nous (?), } a. (Anat.) Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.

In`ter*spi*ra"tion (?), n. [L. interspiratio. See Inter-, and Spirit.] Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

In`ter*sta*pe"di*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial. -- n. The interstapedial part of the columella.

In"ter*state` (?), a. Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce. Story.

In`ter*stel"lar (?), a. Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space. Bacon.

In`ter*stel"la*ry (?), a. Interstellar.

In`ter*ster"nal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.

In*ter"stice (?; 277), n.; pl. Interstices (#). [L. interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See Stand.]

1. That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall.

2. An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders.

Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin.

Addis & Arnold.

In*ter"sticed (?), a. Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.

In`ter*stinc"tive (?), a. [L. interstinctus, p. p. of interstinguere to separate; inter + stinguere to extinguish.] Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis.

In`ter*sti"tial (?), a. Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.

In`ter*sti"tion (?), n. An intervening period of time; interval. [Obs.] Gower.

In`ter*strat`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. (Geol.) Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.

In`ter*strat"i*fied (?), a. (Geol.) Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.

In`ter*strat"i*fy (?), v. t. (Geol.) To put or insert between other strata.

In`ter*talk" (?), v. i. To converse. [Obs.] Carew.

In`ter*tan"gle (?), v. t. To entangle; to intertwine. "Moss and intertangled vines." Longfellow.

In`ter*tar"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.