Definition of crevice

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Crevice (v. t.) To crack; to flaw.

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Saxifrage :: Saxifrage (n.) Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..
Peek :: Peek (v. i.) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep..
Peephole :: Peephole (n.) A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered..
Peep :: Peep (n.) A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment..
Silt :: Silt (v. i.) To flow through crevices; to percolate.
Crack :: Crack (n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass..
Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock..
Putty :: Putty (n.) A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes..
Cranny :: Cranny (n.) A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance..
Intrude :: Intrude (v. t.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks..
Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. i.) To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices..
Interstice :: Interstice (n.) 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..
Crevasse :: Crevasse (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided..
Leak :: Leak (v.) A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe..
Crevice :: Crevice (v. t.) To crack; to flaw.
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup..
Creviced :: Creviced (a.) Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn..
Leak :: Leak (n.) To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out..
Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice..
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