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2. (Bookbinding) One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.

In*sev"er*a*ble (?), a. Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable. De Quincey.

In*shad"ed (?), a. Marked with different shades. W. Browne.

In"shave` (?), n. (Mech.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

In*sheathe" (?), v. t. To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe. Hughes.

In*shell" (?), v. t. To hide in a shell. [Obs.] Shak.

In*ship" (?), v. t. To embark. [Obs.] Shak.

In"shore` (?), a. Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents. -- adv. Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore.

In*shrine" (?), v. t. See Enshrine.

In`sic*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of drying in.

In"side` (?), prep. or adv. Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

In"side`, a. 1. Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.

Kissing with inside lip.

Shak.

2. Adapted to the interior.

Inside callipers (Mech.), callipers for measuring the diameters of holes, etc. -- Inside finish (Arch.), a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering. -- Inside track, the inner part of a race course; hence, colloquially, advantage of place, facilities, etc., in competition.

In"side`, n. 1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content.

Looked he o' the inside of the paper?

Shak.

2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.

Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely.

Massinger.

3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.]

So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.

Anti- Jacobin.

Patent insides or outsides, a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local news.

In*sid"i*ate (?), v. t. [L. insidiatus, p. p. of insidiare to lie in ambush, fr. insidiae. See Insidious.] To lie in ambush for. [Obs.] Heywood.

In*sid"i*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who lies in ambush. [Obs.] Barrow.

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