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In"land (?), a. 1. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. "This wide inland sea." Spenser.

From inland regions to the distant main.

Cowper.

2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.

3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.

In"land, n. The interior part of a country. Shak.

In"land, adv. Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook.

The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east.

S. Turner.

In"land*er (?), n. One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea. Sir T. Browne.

In"land*ish, a. Inland. [Obs.] T. Reeve(1657)

In*lap"i*date (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + L. lapis, lapidis, stone.] To convert into a stony substance; to petrify. [R.] Bacon.

In*lard" (?), v. t. See Enlard.

In*law" (?), v. t. [In + law. Cf. Inlagation.] (Old Eng. Law) To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law. Burrill.

In*lay" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inlaied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inlaying.] To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, ivory, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions.

Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.

Shak.

But these things are . . . borrowed by the monks to inlay their story.

Milton.

In"lay` (?), n. Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.

Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground.

Milton.

The sloping of the moonlit sward Was damask work, and deep inlay Of braided blooms.

Tennyson.

In*lay"er (?), n. One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.

In*league" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inleagued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inleaguing (?).] To ally, or form an alliance with; to unite; to combine.

With a willingness inleague our blood With his, for purchase of full growth in friendship.

Ford.