Inner
Inner (in"nẽr) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon innera, a compar. from inne within, from 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.
3.
Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
Collocations (5)
Inner house (Scot.) , the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings.
Inner jib (Nautical) , a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.
Inner plate (Architecture) , the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.
Inner post (Nautical) , a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.
Inner square (Carpentry) , the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.