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pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a divide.

Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.

One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.

The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them.

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet. This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. Sir T. Browne. Error supports custom, custom countenances error. Milton.

The breast, or thet part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. Counter-tenor clef (Mus.), the C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called alto clef.

A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise.

and man made the town. Cowper. Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. Macualay.

A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed. Such were our couple, man and wife. Lloyd. Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league. Milton.

rally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.

irection; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.

That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. Gwilt.

. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant. 1 Sam. xviiii. 3. Let there be covenants drawn between us. Shak. If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe covenants As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby. Shak.

Strong desire. [R.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak.

A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.

Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.

A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. Johnson.