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Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis.

Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.

An intervening period of time; interval. [Obs.] Gower.

Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.

Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.

To put or insert between other strata.

Void of understanding. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.

Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.

The C.G.S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum) between parallel faces. Also, a reluctance in which unit magnetomotive force sets up unit flux.

se a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.] What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden.

To outstare. [Obs.] Shak.

To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. Fuller.

An exaggerated statement or account.

To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time. Bp. Hall.

To step over or beyond; to transgress. Shak.

To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.

To overstock. Sir. M. Hale.

To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves. Ayliffe.