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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crevice \Crev"ice\ (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr crever to break, burst, fr L. crepare to crack,break. Cf {Craven}, {Crepitate}, {Crevasse}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crevice n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {cranny}, {crack}, {fissure}, {chap}] 2: a long narrow opening [syn: {crack}, {cleft}, {fissure}, {scissure}]
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