The Only Use of
fissure
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- A fissure forms in the vessel.†
Chpt 26fissure = long, narrow crack or split; or creation of one
Definition:
a long, narrow crack; or its creation -- especially in the ground or in rock
or:
a crack in the unity of a group; or its creation
or:
a crack in the unity of a group; or its creation