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<h1>Interstitial</h1> <Xpage=780>

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

<h1>Interstition</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*sti"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An intervening period of time; interval.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Interstratification</h1> <Xpage=780>

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

<h1>Interstratified</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*strat"i*fied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Stratified among or between other bodies; <as>as, <ex>interstratified</ex> rocks</as>.</def>

<h1>Interstratify</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*strat"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>To put or insert between other strata.</def>

<h1>Intertalk</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*talk"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To converse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i>

<h1>Intertangle</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*tan"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To entangle; to intertwine.</def> "Moss and <i>intertangled</i> vines."

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<h1>Intertarsal</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*tar"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between the tarsal bones; <as>as, the <ex>intertarsal</ex> articulations</as>.</def>

<h1>Intertex</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*tex"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intertexere</ets>; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>texere</ets> to weave.]</ety> <def>To intertwine; to weave or bind together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Intertexture</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*tex"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven.</def> "Knit in nice <i>intertexture</i>."

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<blockquote>Skirted thick with <b>intertexture</b> firm Of thorny boughs. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Interthoracic</h1> <Xpage=780>

<hw>In`ter*tho*rac"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>In the thorax.</def>

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