INLAND

a. n. adv.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. "This wide inland sea." Spenser. From inland regions to the distant main. Cowper.

2.
a.

Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.

3.
a.

Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.

4.
n.

The interior part of a country. Shak.

5.
adv.

Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook. The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. S. Turner.


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