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. See Axis, 6. The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrally in the interaxes. Gwilt.

Patchwork. [Obs.] Dr. J. Smith.

Between the arms.

See Thalamencephalon.

Between the branchiæ.

To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.

Intercalary.

Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.

um, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell.

rical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers. Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell.

Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.

Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.

Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.

Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.

To pass between; to intervene. [Obs.] He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived. Sir M. Hale.

The act of interceding; intercession; intervention. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.

Passing between; mediating; pleading. [R.] -- In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.

One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson.

Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.

Between centers. Intercentral nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which transmit impulses between nerve centers, as opposed to peripheral fibers, which convey impulses between peripheral parts and nerve centers.