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<hw>In"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; <as>as, an <ex>inland</ex> town</as>.</def> "This wide <i>inland</i> sea."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>From <b>inland</b> regions to the distant main. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; <as>as, <ex>inland</ex> transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; <as>as, an <ex>inland</ex> bill of exchange</as>. See <er>Exchange</er>.</def>

<h1>Inland</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In"land</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The interior part of a country.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Inland</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In"land</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.</def>

<i>Cook.</i>

<blockquote>The greatest waves of population have rolled <b>inland</b> from the east. <i>S. Turner.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inlander</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In"land*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Inlandish</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In"land*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inland.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Reeve(1657)</i>

<h1>Inlapidate</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In*lap"i*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + L. <ets>lapis</ets>, <ets>lapidis</ets>, stone.]</ety> <def>To convert into a stony substance; to petrity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Inlard</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In*lard"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Inlard</er>.</def>

<h1>Inlaw</h1> <Xpage=765>

<hw>In*law"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>In</ets> + <ets>law</ets>. Cf. <er>Inlagation</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To clear of outlawry or attainder; to place under the protection of the law.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<-- In"-law. A person who is related by marriage, as distinguished from a blood relative; esp. mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law -->

<h1>Inlay</h1> <Xpage=765>

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