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Origin of interspace
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at inter-, space
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Whenever a favourable interspace of this character occurred, the dragoons endeavoured to form and use the advantage it presented for effecting a charge.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. by De Quincey, Thomas
In Rhamphorhynchus the jaws appear to gape towards their extremities as though the interspace had originally been occupied by organic substance like a horny beak.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
At the fourth right cartilage or the third interspace, the dullness is from one to two centimeters from the edge of the sternum.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
One imperfect specimen shows a long temporal region which is wide, and a very narrow interspace between the orbits; with a long face, indicated by the extension of narrow nasal bones.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
Ah! the flowers cleave apart And their sweet fills the tender interspace; Ah! the leaves grown thereof were things to kiss Ere their fine gold was tarnished at the heart.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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