Crevice
Crevice (kr?v"?s) , noun
[Old English crevace, crevice. French crevasse, from crever to break, burst, from Latin crepare to crack,break. Compare Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.]
A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
The mouse,
Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked,
Or from the crevice peered about.
Crevice , transitive verb
To crack; to flaw. [Rare] — Sir H. Wotton