Intercourse
(In"ter*course) n. [Formerly entercourse, OF. entrecours commerce, exchange, F. entrecours
a reciprocal right on neighboring lands, L. intercursus a running between, fr. intercurrere to run between.
See Inter-, and Course.] A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations,
as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially,
interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.
This sweet intercourse
Of looks and smiles.
Milton. Sexual intercourse,
sexual or carnal connection; coition.
Syn. — Communication; connection; commerce; communion; fellowship; familiarity; acquaintance.
Intercross
(In`ter*cross") v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Intercrossed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercrossing.]
1. To cross each other, as lines.
2. (Biol.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different
species or variety.
Intercross
(In"ter*cross`) n. The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals,
or different varieties of plants.
We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants.
Darwin. Intercrural
(In`ter*cru"ral) a. (Anat.) Between crura; — applied especially to the interneural plates in the
vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.
Intercur
(In`ter*cur") v. i. [L. intercurrere. See Intercourse.] To intervene; to come or occur in the
meantime. [Obs.] Shelton.
Intercurrence
(In`ter*cur"rence) n. [See Intercurrent.] A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle.
Intercurrent
(In`ter*cur"rent) a. [L. intercurrens, p. pr. of intercurrere: cf. F. intercurrent. See Intercur.]
1. Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.
2. (Med.) (a) Not belonging to any particular season. (b) Said of diseases occurring in the course of
another disease. Dunglison.
Intercurrent
(In`ter*cur"rent) n. Something intervening. Holland.
Intercutaneous
(In`ter*cu*ta"ne*ous) a. Subcutaneous.
Interdash
(In`ter*dash") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdashing.] To dash
between or among; to intersperse. Cowper.
Interdeal
(In`ter*deal"), v. i. To intrigue. [Obs.] Daniel.
Interdental
(In`ter*den"tal) a.
1. Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.
2. (Phon.) Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.
Interdentil
(In`ter*den"til) n. (Arch.) The space between two dentils. Gwilt.