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Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.

Felt inwardly; heartfelt. [R.] The baron stood afar off, or knelt in submissive, acknowledged, infelt inferiority. Milman.

Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.

A growth or development inward. J. LeConte.

Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within. Prov. xviii. 8.

A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide. G. Eliot.

The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings. Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely. Massinger.

Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished. An instinct is a propensity prior to experience, and independent of instructions. Paley. An instinct is a blind tendency t…

An inward stroke; specif., in a steam or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crank shaft; -- opposed to outstroke.

Internally; inwardly.

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

Inwardly; within the enveloping surface, or the boundary of a thing; within the body; beneath the surface.

Internal; inward; -- opposed to external. Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers. Milton.

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. "I knew from intimate impulse." Milton.

Inward; internal; intimate. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person. He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic valu…

A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.

A depression, or inward sinking of parts.

Flexed or bent inward.

Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray.