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Webster 1913 Edition


Inner

In′ner

(ĭn′nẽr)
,
Adj.
[AS.
innera
, a compar. fr.
inne
within, fr.
in
in. See
In
.]
1.
Further in; interior; internal; not outward;
as, an
inner
chamber
.
2.
Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.
This attracts the soul,
Governs the
inner
man, the nobler part.
Milton.
3.
Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
Inner house
(Scot.)
,
the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings.
–
Inner jib
(Naut.)
,
a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.
–
Inner plate
(Arch.)
,
the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.
–
Inner post
(Naut.)
,
a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.
–
Inner square
(Carp.)
,
the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter’s square.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inner

IN'NER

,
Adj.
[from in.] Interior; farther inward than something else, as an inner chamber; the inner court of a temple or palace.
1.
Interior; internal; not outward; as the inner man. Eph.3.