Crev"ice (kr?v"?s), n. [OE.
crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr.
crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to
crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate,
Crevasse.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or
crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a
rent.
The mouse,
Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
Or from the crevice peered about.
Tennyson.
Crev"ice, v. t. To crack; to
flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.