Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Betwixt"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

betwixt
adv : in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest
between" [syn: {between}]


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