intercommon 
That thowe cannyst nat, percaase anoder can, 
To entyrcomyn as a brodyr clothe with a-noder, 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 22. 
To this adde that precept of Aristotle, that wine be for- 
borne in all consumptions : for that the spirits of the wine 
do prey upon the roscide juyce of the body, and intercom- 
man with the spirits of the body, and so deceive and rob 
them of their nourishment. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 55. 
2. In Eng. law, to graze cattle reciprocally on 
each other's common; use two commons inter- 
changeably or in common. 
Common because of vicinage, or neighbourhood, is 
where the inhabitants of two townships which lie con- 
tiguous to each other have usually mtercommoned with 
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Intercommunity (in"ter-ko-mu'ni-ti), n. [< 
inter- + community."] 1. Reciprocal communi- 
cation or possession ; community. 
It admits of no tolerance, no intercommunity of various 
sentiments, not the least difference of opinion. 
Bp. Lowth, To Warburton, p. 13. 
2. The state of living or existing together in 
harmonious intercourse. 
intercrural 
Intercostal vessel, an intercostal artery, vein, or lym- 
phatic duct. 
II. n. An intercostal structure, as an artery, 
and especially a muscle ; an intercostalis. 
The intercostals are two layers of muscular fibers occu- 
pying the intercostal spaces, running obliquely, and for 
the most part between any two successive ribs. They are 
respiratory in function. External Intercostals, the 
outer layer of intercostal muscles, running obliquely 
downward and forward from one rib to another. In man 
there are 11 on each side of the chest. Internal inter- 
costals, the inner layer of intercostal muscles, the direc- 
tion of whose fibers crosses that of the external layer. 
Some of them usually run over more than one intercostal 
space ; such are called tubcostalt or infracostals. 
When, in consequence of that intercommunity of Pagan- 
ism, . . . one nation adopted the gods of another, they 
did not always take in at the same time the secret wor- 
ship or mysteries of that god. 
Warburton, Divine legation, ii. 4. 
one another. Bl'ackstone, Com., II. iii. intercomplexity (in"ter-kom-plek'si-ti), n. [< intercostalis (in"ter-kos-ta T lis); "."" pi. inter- 
Il.t trans. To denounce for criminal commu- inter- + complexity.'] A mutual involvement costales (-lez). [NL. : see intercostal."] "hi anat., 
nication or fellowship. See intercommoning. or entanglement. an intercostal ; one of the intercostal muscles. 
But it appeared that there had been no such designs, Intercomplexities had arisen between all complications interCOStohumeral (in-ter-kos-to-hu'me-ral), 
by this, that none came into it but those desperate inter- and interweavings of descent from three original strands, a. and n. [< intercosttal) + humeral."] ' I "a 
comtnoned men who were as it were hunted from their - f *~- *-*- * r ---*< -. . . . - 
nerve .' . . is larger than the others, and is called the in- 
tercosto-humeral .because it supplies the integuments of 
Eng. law, a privilege enjoyed by the inh'abi- f + condyl ! f - id ^ Jnanat, situated between 
tonto nf t-mn ny. W> n+;,,,,o tWO COnttyleS: aS, the interCOndmOld fOSSa Of "'""", uroaunc m uinuieo me micguiuenui OI 
tants Ot two or more contiguous manors or th ffimll /. a aSiid snp hfitwAAn th itinPT- tne am - The corresponding branch of the third in- 
townships of pasturing their cattle in com- iur,aaepre space Detween tne inner tercostal is also an intercosto-humeral nerve, 
mon. . and the outer condyle of that bone. Holdcn, Anat. (1885), p. 332. 
intercommonert (in-ter-kom'on-er),. One Interconnect (m"ter-ko-nekt'), v. t. \<inter- intercostohumeralis (in-ter-kos-to-hu-me-ra'- 
who intercommons or intercommunes; speeifi- + connect."] To connect or conjoin mutually lis); M-; pl- intercostoliumerales (-lez). [NL.: 
cally, a joint communicant. an %^ZZL_^ m . M . , ,_ see intercostonumeral."] An .intercostohumeral 
They are intercommoners by suflrance with God, chil- 
dren, and servants. Gataker. 
intercommoningt C 
bal n. of intercommon 
lawing for criminal 
ning between, intervention, interposition (ML. 
also intercommunication), < intercurrere, pp. 
intercursus, run between, intervene : see inter- 
cur, intercurrent."] 1. Communication between 
they had it in their power, to be Involved^n'the same intercontinental (in-ter-kon-ti-nen'tal), a. [= persons or places; frequent or habitual meet- 
uilt - B P- B<*rnet, Hist. Own Times, an. 1676. F. intercontinental, etc. ; < inter- + continental.] 
intercommune (in"ter-ko-mun'), v. i.; pret. Subsisting between different continents: as, 
and pp. intercommuned, ppr. intercommuning. intercontinental trade. . ... 
[In older form intercommon, q. v. ; < OF. entre- intercontradictory (in-ter-kon-tra-dik'to-ri), reci procal dealing : as, the intercourse between 
communer, < ML. intercommunicare, communi- [< inter- + contradictory.] Contradictory town an d country. 
cate, < L. inter, between, + communicare, com- one of the other, as statements or depositions. 
municate, commune: see commune^."] 1. To interconversion (in'-'ter-kon-ver'shon), n. 
commune together or jointly; unite in com- [< inter- + conversion."] Reciprocal iionver- 
munion or intercourse. 2. To hold communi- sion; interchange of form or constitution. 
cation or intercourse : as, to intercommune with Till it shall be shown . . . how their interconversion 
rebels. [Scotch.] Letters of Intercommuning [that of form8 of molecular movement] is effected. 
in Scotch hist., letters from the Privy Council prohibiting 
intercourse (in'ter-kors), 
upon that great numbers were outlawed; and a 
that harboured such 
did not seize them, when 
', System of the Heavens. 
ing or contact of one person with another, or 
of a number of persons with others, in conver- 
sation, trade, travel, etc.; physical interchange; 
SirJ. Herschel, Pop. Lects., p. 473. 
'ter-kon-vfer'ti-bl), a. [< 
In the year 1676 letters of intercommuning were pub- 
lished. Hallam. 
Convertible each into the 
other; capable of being exchanged equiva- 
_________ lently, the one for the other: as, interconverti- 
intercpmmunicability (in"ter-kg-mu // ni-ka- We terms. . 
bil'i-ti), n. [< intercommunicate": see -bility'."] mtercoracoid (in-ter-kor'a-koid), a. [< inter- 
The quality of being intercommunicable ; ca- "*" corac p^."] Situated between the coracoids : 
pability of being mutually communicated. . as > * ne intercoracoid part of the sternum. 
The intercommunicabiKty of scarlet fever and diphthe- intercorallite (in-ter-kor'a-lit), a. [< inter- + 
ria. Quoted in Minium's Morbid Germs, p. 28. coralhte.] Situated between corallites ; noting 
intercommunicable (in"ter-ko-mu'ni-ka-bl) a space or substance so placed: as, intercorallite 
[< intercommunicate) + -able. Cf. communi- . w . all s; intercorallite tissue xn..^, 
cable."] Capable of being mutually communi- mtercosmic, intercosmical (m-t6r-koz'mik, his daily food. 
cated. Coleridge. -mi-kal), a. [< inter- + cosmos, the universe : sexual Intercourse, coition 
intercommunicate (in // ter-ko-mu'ni-kat), v.; see co^Wicai!.] Between the constituent parts intercoxal (in-ter-kok'sal), a. [< inter- + coxa 
pret. and pp. intercommunicated, ppr. intercom- of tne unlver se. + _az.] in en tom., situated between the coxse 
municating. [< ML. intercommunicate, pp. of t . Th . e doctrine of attenuated matter scattered through or bases of the legs.-intercoxal nrocess aDro- 
intercomnmnicare, communicate : see intercom- he lntereofmical 8 P ace of OI ^ m ' z ? d ,, s y tem :| ^ distinct, jection of the hard integument between Ithe coxi: spe- 
" WmcheU, World-Life, p. 49. ciflcally applied to a process of the first ventral segment 
At the last shall ye come to people, cities, and towns, 
wherein is continual intercourse and occupying of mer- 
chandize and chaSare. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. 
Euen then when in Assyria it selfe it was corrupted by 
entercouree of strangers. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 47. 
By which [bridge] the spirits perverse 
With easy intercourse pass to and fro. 
Milton, P. L, ii. 1031. 
2. Mental or spiritual interchange ; reciprocal 
exchange of ideas or feelings; intercommu- 
nion. 
Food of the mind [talk] or this sweet intercourse 
Of looks and smiles. Milton, P. L., ix. 238. 
Thou wast made for social intercourse and gentle greet- 
ings. Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 54. 
The neighboring Indians in a short time became accus- 
tomed to the uncouth sound of the Dutch language, and 
an intercourse gradually took place between them and the 
new comers. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 101. 
His intercourse with, heaven and earth becomes part of 
Emerson, Nature. 
mune and communicate."] I. intrans. To have 
or hold recirjrocal comrniitiiMtinTi 
Ho and ' tr - ofPlutarc h,P.54. 
intercommunication (in'^er-ko-mu-ni-ka'- 
shon), n. [= P. intercommunication < ML 
e, com 
municate : see intercommunicate.] Reciprocal 
communication or intercourse. 
intercostal (in-ter-kos'tal), a. and n. [= F. in- of th . e ab domen extending between the posterior coxal 
4A AA 47 cj TI_ .._.! "__.i_7 TJ. ..._j . * cavities. It is found especially in many Coleoptera. 
6s'), v. [< inter- + cross 1 .'] 
ciprocally ; specifically, in 
fertilize by impregnation of one spe- 
variety by means of another; inter- 
These plants [those capable of self-fertilization] are fre- 
quently intercrossed, owing to the prepotency of pollen 
from another individual or variety over the plant's own 
pollen. Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. 2. 
Natural species . . . are nearly always more or less ster- 
ile when intercrossed. 
A. R. Wallace, Fortnightly Rev., N. 8., XL. 301. 
II. intrans. In oiol., to become impregnated 
ing between successive ribs of the same side 
of the body : as, intercostal muscles, vessels, 
spaces Intercostal artery, an artery, generally a 
branch of^the thoracic aorta, situated in an intercostal 
enerally as many such arteries as there 
permost of which are branches of the subclavian artery 
tne remaining pairs being derived directly from the aorta! 
It is hard to say what . . . may be due to the more 
ngniy organised state of society, the greater activity of 
ts forces, the readier intercommunication of its parts. 
Gladstone, Gleanings, I. 136. 
Common felons are allowed almost unrestricted inter- 
communication and association in the forwardini 
* as speedily as practicable to 8uu-iu 
<?. Kennan, The Century, XXXV. 761. 
intercommunion (in"ter-ko-mu'nyon), n. [< 
inter- + communion."] Communion one with 
u.jm w* mi'Gii.uauu iimsuies. intercostal lascue see T, A-JX 2. . . * 
fascia. Intercostal gland, a lymphatic gland situated "f a different variety or species, or, in the case 
in an intercostal space. In man there are several inter- of hermaphrodites, by a different individual. 
betw^nTh^'layer^ Cultivated plants like those in a state of nature fre- 
for the most part into the thoracic duct. ' ttonal pecuHaritS "" 
i J?*l!f? n . tnese i nter<: st t glands enlarged and dis- Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. 255. 
uiu>cu.ro iiu association in tne torwardine nrisons eased in nhthisia rr^ifi^. AO* iaaz\ ; "<Si ' *" ~ 
and are deported as speedily as practicable to Siberia ^t! .* i iv % golden Anat. (1885), p. 213. intercross(in'ter-kr6s), . [< intercross, p.] An 
~ rtury, XXXV. 761. J?*!?. 8 , 1 ^.^ 6 . 18011 . muscle, ete., Seethenouns.-In- instance of cross-fertil !,;, o n . T}nr,m 
'nyon), n. [< 
j ^^^.^.^TllnTl fvno writV, 
another; intimate intercourse. 
tercostal ne^ anante^ioTlIrlnch of any sphiaT ner^e . lni ' ot , rOi; ertu lza tion. Varmn 
which runs in an intercostal space to a greater or less intercrural (m-ter-kro ral), a. [< inter- + crura 
extent. In man there are 12 pairs of such nerves. They + -al.] In^o67.: (fl)Of or'pertaining to thespace 
pre^ent^'^lTn^reSLrS' S ? eC "SR h to .?r """^ "^Igil o'f an lStSort!l^ ^-IntercoTtall 
. _i!_i' '. uuenumiimnion witn tne idola- vein, a vein running with and corrfis>nrHn<r tn on i,,t or . 
submental. (b) Situated between 
trous reliiri nsround'fhVm 'fZ',*"rhZ?" 'Vi' l he . idol . a " veln.a'vein running witfa'andco'iresponding txTanTnter- the crura cerebri, as the interpeduncular space 
them. Law, Theory of Religion, n. costal artery, and usually emptying into an azygous vein, or area at the base of the brain. 
