What is "interjacent"

Interjacent \In`ter*ja"cent\, a. [L. interjacens, -entis, p. pr. of interjacere to lie between; inter between + jac[=e]re to lie.] Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles.
--Sir W. Raleigh.

1590s, from Latin interiacentem (nominative interiacens) "lying between," present participle of interiacere "to lie between," from inter- (see inter-) + iacere (see jet (v.)).

a. situated between; lying among.