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Inn \Inn\ ([i^]n), n. [AS. in, inn, house, chamber, inn, from
AS. in in; akin to Icel. inni house. See {In}.]
1. A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation;
residence; abode. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Therefore with me ye may take up your inn
For this same night. --Spenser.
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2. A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or
wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
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Note: As distinguished from a private boarding house, an inn
is a house for the entertainment of all travelers of
good conduct and means of payment, as guests for a
brief period, not as lodgers or boarders by contract.
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The miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a
provincial inn. --W. Irving.
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3. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person;
as, Leicester Inn. [Eng.]
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4. One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London,
for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court;
the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.
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{Inns of chancery} (Eng.), colleges in which young students
formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly bp
attorn`ys, solocitors, etc.

{Inns of court} (Eng.), the four societies of "students and
practicers of the law of England" which in London exercise
the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at
the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and
barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple,
the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.
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Inn \Inn\ ([i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inned} ([i^]nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Inning}.]
To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison.
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Inn \Inn\, v. t.
1. To house; to lodge. [Obs.]
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When he had brought them into his city
And inned them, everich at his degree. --Chaucer.
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2. To get in; to in. See {In}, v. t.
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