distance (1 the orig. sense of the word; the usual S. sense is that of ‘intervening space’, of which 2 is a special use)
1.
disagreement
Mac. III. i. 116
“in such bloody ”
2.
in fencing, definite
interval of space to be kept between the combatants
Wiv. II. i. 232 [223], II. iii. 27, Rom. II. iv. 23.
3.
remoteness in
intercourse, the reverse of intimacy or familiarity
Oth. II. iii. 59
“a wary ,”
III. iii. 13
“a politic ,”
Compl. 151
“With safest distance I
mine honour shielded.”
