ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

are as the back of one's hand; out at elbows; barefoot; bareback, barebacked; leafless,
napless † , hairless.
227. Circumjacence -- N. circumjacence † , circumambience † ; environment,
encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings.
outpost; border &c (edge) 231; girdle &c (circumference) 230; outskirts, boulebards,
suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs † , environs, entourage, banlieue † ; neighborhood,
vicinage, vicinity.
V. lie around &c adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose,
encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird † ; skirt, twine round; hem in
&c (circumscribe) 229.
Adj. circumjacent, circumambient † , circumfluent † ; ambient; surrounding &c v.;
circumferential, suburban.
Adv. around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round
about.
228. Interposition -- N. interposition, interjacence † , intercurrence † , intervenience † ,
interlocation † , interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion,
intercalation.
[interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration; permeation; infiltration.
[interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative]
intervention, interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation.
insertion &c 300; dovetailing; embolism.
intermediary, intermedium † ; go between, bodkin † , intruder, interloper; parenthesis,
episode, flyleaf.
partition, septum, diaphragm; midriff; dissepiment † ; party wall, panel, room divider.
halfway house.
V. lie between, come between, get between; intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate.
put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in,
run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave,
intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in,
dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain.
interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in; intrude, obtrude; have a finger in the pie;
introduce the thin end of the wedge; thrust in &c (insert) 300.
Adj. interjacent † , intercurrent † , intervenient † , intervening &c v., intermediate,
intermediary, intercalary, interstitial; embolismal † .
parenthetical, episodic; mediterranean; intrusive; embosomed † ; merged.
Adv. between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of;
betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum.
229. Circumscription -- N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure; confinement &c
(restraint) 751; circumvallation † ; encincture; envelope &c 232.
container (receptacle) 191.
V. circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround &c 227; compass about;
imprison &c (restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in, hedge round;
picket; corral.