Appears in: ‘The Starry Sky’ of Wyndham Lewis
Frequency: 1
Definition:
(noun) 1) Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible; 2) Place, having more or less extensions; room; 3) A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile; 4) Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time; 5) A short time; a whilel 6) Walk; track; path; course; 7) (Print.) (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing,– used to separate words or letters; (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books (MW)