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Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

In the inner parts; inside. [Obs.] Graves.

A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. Argand burner, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied.

ting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.

A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

ge, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.

ants of the order Araceæ. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.

Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove. Brande & C.

The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. Knight.

A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.

t carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.…

A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.

A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.

The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.

chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

ed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.

inciple of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

The system of employing convicts by selling their labor (to be performed inside the prison) at a fixed price per day to contractors who are allowed to have agents in the prison to superintend the work.