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Between Between Be*tween", n.
Intermediate time or space; interval. [Poetic & R.] --Shak.
Betwixt and between Betwixt Be*twixt", prep. [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt,
AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betw[=i]h; pref. be- by + a
form fr. AS. tw[=a] two. See Between.]
1. In the space which separates; between.
From betwixt two aged oaks. --Milton.
2. From one to another of; mutually affecting.
There was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and
her. --Shak.
Betwixt and between, in a midway position; so-so; neither
one thing nor the other. [Colloq.]
Far between Far Far, a. [Fartherand Farthestare used as the compar.
and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising
from confusion with further and furthest. See Further.]
[OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG.
ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw.
fjerran, adv., Goth. fa[=i]rra, adv., Gr. ????? beyond, Skr.
paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix
for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. Cf. Farther,
Farthest.]
1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually
separated by a wide space or extent.
They said, . . . We be come from a far country.
--Josh. ix. 6.
The nations far and near contend in choice.
--Dryden.
2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far
be it from me to justify cruelty.
3. Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally
or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.
They that are far from thee ahsll perish. --Ps.
lxxiii. 27.
4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in
character.
He was far from ill looking, though he thought
himself still farther. --F. Anstey.
5. The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off
side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one
opposite to the rider when he mounts.
Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial
use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
By far, by much; by a great difference.
Far between, with a long distance (of space or time)
between; at long intervals. ``The examinations are few and
far between.' --Farrar.
Go-between Go-between Go"-be*tween`, n.
An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a
disparaging sense. --Shak.
To read between the lines Read Read, v. t.
1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.]
2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over
and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like
document.
So they read in the book of the law of God
distinctly, and gave the sense. --Neh. viii.
8.
4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
5. To learn by reading.
I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to
death for an iniquitous sentence. --Swift.
6. To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or
consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage
reads thus in the early manuscripts.
7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence
reads queerly.
To read between the lines, to infer something different
from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning
as distinguished from the apparent meaning.
