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Inside \In"side`\, prep. or adv.
Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as,
inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
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Inside \In"side`\, a.
1. Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained;
interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a
stagecoach; inside decoration.
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Kissing with inside lip. --Shak.
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2. Adapted to the interior.
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{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, contacts,
etc., in competition.
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Inside \In"side`\, n.
1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
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Looked he o' the inside of the paper? --Shak.
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2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which
is within; private thoughts and feelings.
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Here's none but friends; we may speak
Our insides freely. --Massinger.
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3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as
distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.]
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So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides
The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.
--Anti-Jacobin.
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{Patent insides} or {Patent 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.
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