The narrator was likely using what was known as a dark-lantern, which was an entirely closed metal lantern with a trap-door. The crevice was a small opening for a ray of light to escape when the trap-door was slightly ajar.
a small opening
"When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye."
What do you mean the prefix? The word "crevice" is one word, it comes from Middle English, from Old French crevace, probably from Vulgar Latin *crepācia, from *crepa, from Latin crepāre, to crack.] R3.
Crevice, fissure
(A crevice is a narrow crack, fault, or opening in a surface, as in a floor, wall, or other structure.) At the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, he left a small paper message in a crevice between the stones. As the wind threatened to blow him off the mountain, he found a small crevice and braced himself.
as in a noun, it could also be crevice
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A crevice is a narrow crack or opening, a fissure or cleft.
What do you mean the prefix? The word "crevice" is one word, it comes from Middle English, from Old French crevace, probably from Vulgar Latin *crepācia, from *crepa, from Latin crepāre, to crack.] R3.
The word crevice is a concrete noun, a word for something that can be seen or touched (or get your finger stuck in).
Another word for crevice is crack.
There was a crevice in the cliff face wide enough for a man to take shelter in. Any small crevice in the floor can accumulate dust.
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The word "crevice" has two syllables: cre-vice.
Crevice, fissure
A crevice is a narrow opening or crack, typically found in rocks or walls. It can also refer to a small gap or fissure in various surfaces.
There was a small crevice in the stone walkway, and occasionally seedlings would sprout from it.(A crevice is a narrow crack or opening, not to be confused with the larger crevasse, which is a large chasm, split, or fissure in an ice sheet or glacier.)
(A crevice is a narrow crack, fault, or opening in a surface, as in a floor, wall, or other structure.) At the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, he left a small paper message in a crevice between the stones. As the wind threatened to blow him off the mountain, he found a small crevice and braced himself.
as in a noun, it could also be crevice