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<h1>Inwall</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>In"wall`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inner wall; specifically <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace.</def>

<h1>Inward</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>In"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>inweard</ets>, <ets>inneweard</ets>, <ets>innanweard</ets>, fr. <ets>innan</ets>, <ets>inne</ets>, within (fr. <ets>in</ets> in; see <er>In</er>) + the suffix <ets>-weard</ets>, E. <ets>-ward</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to <i>outward</i>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul.</def> "<i>Inward</i> beauty."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Intimate; domestic; private.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>All my <b>inward</b> friends abhorred me. <i>Job xix. 19.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He had had occasion, by one very <b>inward</b> with him, to know in part the discourse of his life. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inward</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>In"ward</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<blockquote>Then sacrificing, laid the <b>inwards</b> and their fat. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mental faculties; -- usually <pluf>pl.</pluf></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "I was an <i>inward</i> of his."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Inward, Inwards</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw><hw>In"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In"wards</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>inweard</ets>. The ending <it>-s</it> is prop. a genitive ending. See <er>Inward</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>-wards</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; <as>as, to bend a thing <ex>inward</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; <as>as, to turn the attention <ex>inward</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine <b>inward</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inwardly</h1> <Xpage=787>

<hw>In"ward*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>inweardlice</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In the inner parts; internally.</def>

<blockquote>Let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs, waste <b>inwardly</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Toward the center; inward; <as>as, to curve <ex>inwardly</ex></as>.</def>

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