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not of definite form. Opus incertum (Anc. Arch.), a kind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared nor laid in courses; rubblework.

small degrees; to move slowly. With slow paces measures back the field, And inches to the walls. Dryden.

ut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls. How many evils have inclosed me round! Milton.

One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. Lew Wallace.

Uncontracted. [Obs.] Blackwall.

favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. Shak. The indulgent censure of posterity. Waller. The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. Dryden.

To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf. A river large . . . Passed underneath ingulfed. Milton.

To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle. Cleveland.

The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed. E. Darwin. He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine. Bacon.

to dwell; to live; to abide. [Archaic or Poetic] Shak. They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller.

n 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…

Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall. Sir H. Wotton.

Strong. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] Holland

l.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.

Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.

To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Ford.

a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall.

Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis.

Being within the walls, as of a city.

To draw in; to swallow. [Obs.] Evelyn.