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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Between \Be*tween"\, noun Intermediate time or space; interval. [Poetic & R.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Between \Be*tween"\, preposition [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe['o]nan, betwe['o]num; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.]
1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
If things should go so between them. --Bacon.
3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. --Locke.
4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. --Hume.
5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.
6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
{Between decks}, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel.
{Between ourselves}, {Between you and me}, {Between themselves}, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others.
Syn: {Between}, {Among}.
Usage: Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation.
I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. --Johnson. Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
between
adverb
1: in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between" [syn: {betwixt}]
2: in between; "two houses with a tree between" [syn: {'tween}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Between, GA (town, FIPS 7640) Location: 33.81305 N, 83.80891 W Population (1990): 82 (36 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Between, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 148 Housing Units (2000): 63 Land area (2000): 0.868533 sq. miles (2.249491 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.868533 sq. miles (2.249491 sq. km) FIPS code: 07640 Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13 Location: 33.813956 N, 83.809170 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Between, GA Between
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