Adjacent Words
between a rock and a hard placebetween decks
Between ourselves
between Scylla and Charybdis
between the devil and the deep blue sea
between the lines
between the rock and the hard place
BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS
Between themselves
Between wind and water
Between you and me
betweenbrain
betweenness
betweentimes
betweenwhiles
betwixt and between
Beulah
Beurr'e
beurre blanc
beurre mani
Betwixt definitions
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BETWIXT', prep.
1. Between; in the space that separates two persons or things; as, betwixt two oaks.
2. Passing between; from one to another, noting intercourse. [See Between.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adv
1: in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between" [syn: between, betwixt]
Merriam Webster's
adverb or preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English betwux, from be- + -twux (akin to Gothic tweihnai two each) — more at between Date: before 12th century between
Oxford Reference Dictionary
prep. & adv. archaic between. Phrases and idioms: betwixt and between colloq. neither one thing nor the other. Etymology: ME f. OE betweox f. Gmc: cf. AGAINST
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Betwixt Be*twixt", prep. [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt, AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betw[=i]h; pref. be- by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two. See Between.] 1. In the space which separates; between. From betwixt two aged oaks. --Milton. 2. From one to another of; mutually affecting. There was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and her. --Shak. Betwixt and between, in a midway position; so-so; neither one thing nor the other. [Colloq.]
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
prep. [Nearly obsolete] . Between.
