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See Tierce.

See Tiercel. Called also tarsel, tassel. Chaucer.

A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet. Chaucer.

A small male hawk. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years. -- n.

A triplet. Hiles.

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.

The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebræ in some fossil batrachians.

e way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris. God will shortly intercept your breath. Joye.

One who, or that which, intercepts. Shak.

The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.

Intercepting or tending to intercept.

The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others. But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. Rom. viii. 26.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.

To entreat. [Obs.]