\Be*twixt"\, prep. [OE. betwix, bitwix, rarely bitwixt,
AS. betweox, betweohs, betweoh, betw[=i]h; pref. be- by + a
form fr. AS. tw[=a] two. See {Between}.]
1. In the space which separates; between.
         From betwixt two aged oaks.           --Milton.
2. From one to another of; mutually affecting.
         There was some speech of marriage Betwixt myself and
         her.                                  --Shak.
{Betwixt and between}, in a midway position; so-so; neither
   one thing nor the other. [Colloq.]