interchange 
His faithful friend and brother Euarchus came no mighti- 
ly to his succour that, with some iuterchaii<jin<j changes 
of fortune, they begat of a Just war the best child peace. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
3139 
intercipientt (in-ter-sip'i-ent), a. and n. [< L. 
iiili rfi/nfn(t-)s, ppr. of intercijiere, intercept: see 
interchange (in'irr-chanj), . [= OF. 
chanyv; from the verb.] 1. The act of ex- 
changing reciprocally; the act or process of 
giving and receiving with reciprocity: as, an 
interchange of civilities or kind offices. 
Ample interchtimje of sweet discourse. 
Sluik., Rich. III., v. 3, 99. 
Their encounters, though not personal, have been royal- 
ly attorneyed with inteardiauye of gifts, letters, loving em- 
bassies. Shak., W. T., i 1, 30. 
It is this recognition of something like our own con- 
scious self, yet so widely sundered from It, which gives 
something of their exquisite delight to the interchange* 
of feeling even of mature men and women. 
./. Sully, Sensation and Intuition, p. 252. 
2. Alternate succession: as, the interchange of 
light and darkness. 
Sweet interchange 
Of hill, and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. 
Milton, P. L., IT. 116. 
= Syn. 1. See exchange. 
interchangeability (in-ter-chan-ja-bil'i-ti), . 
[< inteniiiuii/fitble: see -bility.] The state of 
being interchangeable ; interchangeableness. 
interchangeable (in-ter-chan'ja-bl), a. [=OF. 
entrechnngeable ; as interchange + -able.] 1. 
Capable of being interchanged; admitting of 
exchange. 
80 many testimonies, interchangeable warrants, and 
counterrolments, running through the hands and resting 
in the power of so many several persons, Is sufficient to 
argue and convince all manner of falsehood. 
/:'., .,,, Office of Alienations. 
2. Appearing in alternate succession. 
Darkness and light hold interchangeable dominions. 
Sir T. Browne, Garden of Cyrus. 
interchangeableness (in-ter-chan'ja-bl-nes), . 
The state of being interchangeable. 
interchangeably (in-ter-chan'ja-bli), adv. In 
an interchangeable manner; reciprocally; al- 
ternately. 
The lovers interchangeably express their loves. 
6. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, Arg. 
The terms clearness and distinctness seem to be em- 
ployed almost interchangeably. 
J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 228. 
Interchangeably posed, In her., 
placed or lying across one another, as 
three fishes, three swords, three arrows, 
etc., the head of each appearing be- 
tween the tails, hilts, or butts of the 
others. 
interchanged (in-ter-chanjd'), a. 
Inker., same &acounterchanged,2. 
interchangement (in-tfer-chanj'- 
ment), . [< OF. entrechange- 
m'ent; as interchange + -ment.~\ 
mutual transfer. [Kare ] 
A contract . . . 
Strengthen'd by interchannement of your rings. 
SAofc.T. N., v. 1,162. 
interchanger (in-ter-chan'jer), . One who or 
that which interchanges ; specifically, in artifi- 
cial ice-making, a tank containing a coil of pipes, 
or its equivalent, through which the brine cool- 
ed by the ice-machine, after extracting all the 
heat possible from the ice-molds in the ice- 
making tank, is caused to flow. Water placed In 
the interchanger in contact with the exterior surface of the 
coll is cooled preparatory to being placed in the molds for 
freezing it, thus increasing the economical efficiency of the 
apparatus. 
interchapter (in'ter-chap-ter), . [< inter- + 
chapter.'] An interpolated chapter. Southey. 
interchondral (in-tfer-kon'dral), a. [< inter- + 
chondrus + -al.] Situated between aay two 
costal cartilages: as, an interchondral articula- 
tion. 
intercidencet (in-ter' si-dens), n. [< interci- 
dcn(t) + -ce 3 .] A coming' or falling between ; 
an intervening occurrence. 
Talking of the instances, the insults, the intercideneet, 
communities of diseases, and all to shew what books we 
have read, and that we know the words and tearmes of 
physick. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 508. 
intercidentt (in-ter'si-dent), a. [< L. interci- 
den(t-)s, ppr. of intercidere, fall between, < in- 
ter, between, + cadcre, fall: see cadent, case 1 .] 
Falling or coming between other things ; inter- 
vening. 
Nature rouses herself up to make a crisis, not only upon 
improper, and, as physicians call them, intercident days, 
such as the third, fifth, ninth, &c ..... but also when 
there appear not any signs of coction. 
Boyle, Free Enquiry, p. 220. 
intercilium (iii-tt'r-sil'i-um), .; pi. inlfi-i'ili/i 
(-ft). [LL.,< L. inter, between, 4- ciliitm, eyelid: 
see cilium.] The space between the eyebrows; 
the glabella. See cut under craniometry. 
mil rffiii.] I. . Intercepting; seizing or stop- 
ping on the way. 
II. n. One who or that which intercepts or 
' 
Interchangeably 
posea. 
Interchange ; 
stops on the way. 
intercision (in-ter-sizh'on), n. [= OF. interci- 
sion = It. intercisione, < LL. intereigu>(n-), a cut- 
ting through, < L. intercidere, pp. intercisus, cut 
through, cut asunder, < inter, between, + ccedtre, 
cut.] A cutting off; interception. [Rare.] 
Whenever such intercition of a life happens to a vicious 
person, let all the world acknowledge it for a judgment. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836X L 287. 
Some sudden intercitiunt of the light of the sun. 
J. Spencer, Prodigies, p. 233. 
intercitizenship (in-tfer-sit'i-zn-ship), n. [< in- 
ter- + eitizem<h\p.] The principle of citizenship 
of a person in different political communities 
at the same time ; the right to the privileges of 
a citizen in all the states of a confederation. 
The Articles of Confederation were framed with the 
grand principle of inlerntizensliiv, which gave to the 
American confederation a superiority over every one that 
preceded it. Bancroft, Hist. Const,, IL 121. 
interclavicle (in-t6r-klav'i-kl), n. [< inter- + 
flurifli .] In zoiil. and anat., a median mem- 
brane bone developed between the clavicles, 
or in front of the breast-bone, in many Ver- 
tebrata. Different names have been given to a bone 
answering to t Ii is definition. In the monotremes, where 
alone in Mamma- 
lia a true Interclav- 
icle occurs, it is 
the large T-shaped 
bone which pro- 
longs the sternum 
anteriorly, bearing 
upon its arms the 
small splint-like 
clavicles. In a 
bird, when devel- 
oped, it is always 
incorporated with 
the clavicles, as the 
hypoclidium. (See 
cut under furcula.) 
In a reptile, when 
developed, It is 
distinct from the 
clavicles, and in a 
turtle It is the en- 
toplastron or ento- 
tternum, the me- 
dian anterior piece 
of the plastron. 
(See second cut un- 
der Chelania.) In 
a frog It appears to be represented by the omnsternmn. 
(See cut under omoiternum.) Certain presternal elements 
-in placental mammals are sometimes called interclamcles. 
In some fishes the Interclavicle Is an intermediate element 
of the scapular arch, and, like the supraclavlcle and post- 
clavicle, is variously homologized by different writers. 
See pogtclaficle, and quotation under supraclavicle. 
interclavicula (in*ter-kla-vik'u-la), .; pi. in- 
terclavicula; (-le). [NL., <; L. inter, between, + 
NL. clavicula, q. v.] Same as interclavicle. 
In many Vertebrata, the inner ends of the clavicles are 
connected with, and supported by, a median membrane 
bone which is closely connected with the ventral face of 
the sternum. This 18 the interclavicula, frequently called 
episternum. lluxley, Anat. Vert, p. 86. 
interclavicular (in'ter-kla-vik'u-lftr), a. [= 
F. inter claviculaire; < L. inter, between, + NL. 
clavicula, q. v., + -ar 3 .] 1. Situated between 
clavicles: as, the interclavicular space; inter- 
clavicular ligament. Specifically used (a) In herpet., 
with reference to the entoplastron of a tortoise or turtle: 
as, the interclavicular scute. See plastron, and cut under 
carapace (fig. 2). (d) In ornith., with reference to the in- 
ternal inferior air-sac of the neck of birds. 
2. Of or pertaining to an interclavicle. 
intercloset (in-t6r-kloz'), v. t. [Also enterclose 
(cf. OF. entreclos, pp.); < inter- + close*. Cf. 
interclude.] To shut in or within ; confine. 
I see not why it should be impossible for art to inter- 
close some very minute and restless particles, which, by 
their various and incessant motions, may keep a metalline 
body In a state of fluidity. Boyle, Works, L 63& 
intercloudt (in-t6r-kloud'), v. t. [< inter- + 
cloud 1 .] To shut within clouds. 
None the least blackness interclouded had 
So fair a day, nor any eye look'd sad. 
Daniel, Civil Wars, v. 
intercludet (in-ter-kl8d'), f- * [= OF. entre- 
clore,entreclorre^: It. interchiudere, intereludere, 
< L. intereludere, shut off, shut in, < inter, be- 
tween, + claudere, shut, close : see close 1 . Cf . 
interclose.] To shut off from a place or course 
by something intervening; intercept; cutoff. 
Laying siege against their cities, interclvding their ways 
and passages, and cutting off from them all commerce with 
other places or nations. Pococke, On llosea, p. 53. 
interclusiont (iu-ter-klo"zhon), n. [= Sp. '- 
terdusion, < L. interclujtio(n-'), < intereludere, pp. 
Ventral View of Shoulder-girdle or a Young 
Duckbill (.OmithortiynchMS paradoxes}. 
ict, interclavicle. or tau-bone: ct. clar- 
Icle ; f, s, scapula ; cr, coracoid ; ecr, epi- 
coracoid ; att, omosternura ; r, r, two pairs 
of sternal ribs; fl, glenoid fossa of shoul- 
der-joint. 
intercommon 
interrlusus, shut off: see interclude.] Intercep- 
tion ; a cutting or shutting off. 
The intrrclitnon of commerce. Bittet, Burke, I. 411. 
intercoccygeal (in'ter-kok-sij'e-al), a. [< inter- 
+ riH-i-ijf (eoccyg-) + -<-/.] Situated between 
portions of the coccyx Intercoccygeal flbrocar- 
tilage. See JUjrocartilage. 
intercoccygean (iu"ter-kok-sij'e-an), a. Same 
us ititerfiienjiji'iil. 
intercollegiate (in't<T-ko-16'ji-at), a. [< L. in- 
tir, lift ween, + collegium, college: see collegi- 
ate.] Between colleges ; of or pertaining to dif- 
ferent colleges in participation : as, an tntercol- 
l< <iii i it- contest or discussion. 
intercolline (in-ter-kol'in), a. [< L. inter, be- 
tween, + eollit, a hill : see coWine.] Lying be- 
tween hills or hillocks: as, an intercolline ham- 
let. Specifically, In geology, applied by Lyell to the hol- 
lows which He between the conical hillocks made up of 
accumulations from volcanic eruptions. [Bare.] 
intercolonial (in*ter-ko r 16 / ni-al), a. [= F. in- 
tercolonial; < L. inter, between, + colonia, col- 
ony, + -al.] Between colonies ; of or pertain- 
ing to different colonies in intercourse : as, in- 
tercolonial commerce. 
Happily for the national interests of British North 
America, Its public men agreed at this critical juncture 
in their affairs to a political union, which has stimulated 
intercolonial trade. Wettiuinttcr Her., (XXV. 404. 
intercolonially (in'ter-ko-16'ni-al-i), adv. As 
between colonies. 
intercolumnar (in'ter-ko-lum'nar), a. [= F. 
intercolumnaire = Pg. intercolumnar, < L. inter, 
between, + columna, column : see columnar.] 
Between two columns; specifically, in anat., 
extending between the pillars or columns of 
the external abdominal ring. 
Recumbent figures fill the spandrlls of the arches thrown 
over the inter-columnar spaces. 
C. C. Perkinn, Italian Sculpture, p. 190. 
Intercolumnar fascia. See/o**a. Intercolumnar 
fibers, transverse fibers on the surface of the aponeurosls 
of the external oblique muscle, extending across the up- 
per part of the external abdominal ring, between its pillars 
or columns. 
intercolumniation (in'ter-ko-lum-ni-a'shon), 
. [< L. intercolumnium, the space between 
two columns ((. inter, between, + columna, 
column: see column), + -ation.] 1. In arch., 
the space between two columns, measured at 
the lower part of their shafts, usually taken as 
from center , 
to center. This 
space, In the 
practice of the 
ancients, varied 
in proportion in 
almost every 
building. Vitru- 
vlus enumerates 
five varieties of 
intercolumnia- 
tlons, and as- 
signs to them 
definite propor- 
tions expressed 
In measures of 
the inferior di- 
ameter of the 
Intercolunmiation. 
,areosryle: B, coupled columns; C, diasryle ; 
D, eustyle. 
column. These are : the pycnogrylf, of one diameter and 
a hah* ; the gygtyl?, of two diameters ; the diantyle, of three 
diameters ; the areoityle, of four or sometimes five diame- 
ters ; and the eratyle, of two and a quarter diameters. It 
is found, however, on examining the remains of ancient 
architecture, that the Intercolumnlatlons rarely if ever 
agree with the Vltruvian dimensions, which must there- 
fore, like nearly all other theories of Vitruvius, be regarded 
as arbitrary. 
2. The system of spacing between columns, 
particularly with reference to a given building. 
The position of the other two [columns] must be de- 
termined either by bringing forward the wall enclosing 
the stairs, so as to admit of the intercolumniation east and 
west being the same as that of the other columns, or of 
spacing them so as to divide the inner roof of the pronaos 
into equal squares. J. Ferguaon, Hist Arch., I. 269. 
intercombatt (in-t6r-kom'bat), . [< inter- + 
fn in lnii.\ A combat ; fight. 
The combat granted, and the day aacign'd, 
They both in order of the field appear, 
Most richly furnlsh'd In all martial kind, 
And at the point of intercombat were. 
Daniel, Civfl Wars, i. 
intercomet (in-ter-kum'), v. i. [< inter- + come.] 
To intervene ; interpose ; interfere. 
Notwithstanding the pope's intercoming to make him- 
self a party in the quarrel, the bishops did adhere to their 
own sovereign. Proc. againxt Garnet (1606X Rr. a. (Rich.) 
intercommon (in-ter-kom'on), r. [< ME. en- 
tercomenen, entercombnen, <OF. entrecommuner, 
eittrecomuner, intercommon; as inter- + com- 
mon, v. Cf. intrrcommune.] I, intrans. 1. To 
participate or share in common ; act by inter- 
change ; also, to keep commons or eat together. 
[Bare.] 
