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I — Ink to Innerve (Part 4 of 6)

In loco
(||In lo"co) [L.] In the place; in the proper or natural place.

Inlumine
(In*lu"mine) v. t. [Obs.] See Illumine.

Inly
(In"ly) a. [OE. inlich, AS. inlic. See In.] Internal; interior; secret.

Didst thou but know the inly touch of love.
Shak.

Inly
(In"ly), adv. Internally; within; in the heart. "Whereat he inly raged." Milton.

Inmacy
(In"ma*cy) n. [From Inmate.] The state of being an inmate. [R.] Craig.

Inmate
(In"mate`) n. [In + mate an associate.] One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp., one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension, one who occupies or lodges in any place or dwelling.

So spake the enemy of mankind, inclos'd
In serpent, inmate bad.
Milton.

Inmate
(In"mate`), a. Admitted as a dweller; resident; internal. [R.] "Inmate guests." Milton.

Inmeats
(In"meats`) n. pl. The edible viscera of animals, as the heart, liver, etc.

Inmesh
(In*mesh") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inmeshed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inmeshing.] To bring within meshes, as of a net; to enmesh.

Inmew
(In*mew") v. t. [Cf.Emmew, Immew.] To inclose, as in a mew or cage. [R.] "Inmew the town below." Beau. & Fl.

Inmost
(In"most`) a. [OE. innemest, AS. innemest, a double superlative form fr. inne within, fr. in in. The modern form is due to confusion with most. See In, and cf. Aftermost, Foremost, Innermost.] Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost.

And pierce the inmost center of the earth.
Shak.
The silent, slow, consuming fires,
Which on my inmost vitals prey.
Addison.

Inn
(Inn) 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.

Therefore with me ye may take up your inn
For this same night.
Spenser.

2. A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.

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.

The miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn.
W. Irving.

3. The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn. [Eng.]

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.

Inns of chancery (Eng.), colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly by attorneys, solicitors, etc. — Inns of court (Eng.), the four societies of "students and practicers