The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t.
   To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crevice \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.
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         The mouse,
         Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
         Or from the crevice peered about.        --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crevice
    n 1: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice,
         cranny, crack, fissure, chap]
    2: a long narrow opening [syn: crack, cleft, crevice,
       fissure, scissure]