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Inner \In"ner\ ([i^]n"n[~e]r), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr.
inne within, fr. in in. See {In}.]
1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner
chamber.
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2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.
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This attracts the soul,
Governs the inner man, the nobler part. --Milton.
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3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
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{Inner house} (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the
court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their
sittings.

{Inner jib} (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay
running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.

{Inner plate} (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to
the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.

{Inner post} (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of
the main post, to support the transoms.

{Inner square} (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges
of a carpenter's square.
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