INTERVAL
ADVERBS
► BETWEEN-HANDS at intervals → 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BETWEEN-WHILES at intervals → 1677
► FAR-BETWEEN occurring at long intervals; infrequent → 1743
► IN SNATCHES at intervals → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► AMELL-TIMES intervals → 19C Eng. dial.
► AMELL-WHILES intervals → 19C Eng. dial.
► BETWEEN-SPACE interval, intervening time → a1641 obs.
► NEEDLE a short interval; the space of time required to knit the stitches off one knitting-needle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► NOT THE LENGTH OF A STREET a small interval → 1893 sl.