Sir W. Temple.
3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands. Blackstone.
4. To put into harness; to harness. [Obs.]
They went to coach and their horse inclose.
Chapman.
In*clos"er (?), n. One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
In*clo"sure (?; 135), n. [See Inclose, Enclosure.] [Written also enclosure.]
1. The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.
2. That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.
Within the inclosure there was a great store of houses.
Hakluyt.
3. That which incloses; a barrier or fence.
Breaking our inclosures every morn.
W. Browne.
In*cloud" (?), v. t. To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Milton.
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In*clude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Included; p. pr. & vb. n. Including.] [L. includere, inclusum; pref. in- in + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Enclose.]
1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
2. To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.
The whole included race, his purposed prey.
Milton.
The loss of such a lord includes all harm.
Shak.
3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.
Shak.
Syn. -- To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve.
In*clud"ed (?), a. Inclosed; confined.
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