In"ner (&ibreve;n"n&etilde;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.
2. Of or
pertaining to the spirit or its
phenomena.
This attracts the soul,
Governs the inner man, the nobler part.
Milton.
3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
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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