between (betwen)

[ of a grade of needles between sharps and blunts. between-decks (bē-twēn'deks), adv. and n. I. adv. In the space between two decks of a ship; on any deck but the upper one. II. n. The space between two decks of a ship, or the whole space between the upper and the lowest deck. betweenity (bē-twēn'i-ti), n. [ between + -ity, as in extremity .] The state or quality of being between; intermediate condition; anything intermediate. [Colloq.] To rejoin heads, tails, and betweenities . Southey, Letters, III. 448. The house is not Gothic, but of that betweenity that intervened when Gothic declined and Palladian was creeping in. H. Walpole , Letters (ed. 1820), II. 174. betweenwhiles (bē-twēn'hwilz), adv . , prop. prep . phr . At intervals. betwit (bē-twit'), v . t . [ betwitt and reproach one another with their former conditions. Pepys, Diary, I. 164. betwixt, prep . and adv . See betwixt . beudantite (bū'dan-tīt), n. [After the French mineralogist Beudant (1787-1850).] A hydrous phosphate and arseniate of iron, occurring in small, closely aggregated crystals in Na au, Pru ia, and also near Cork, Ireland. beuk (būk), n. A Scotch form of book . My grannie she bought me a beuk , And I held awa' to the school. Burns, The Jolly Beggars.