Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: inland – innocent
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inland, adj. [see land, n.] (webplay: land, sea, wrong).
Interior; remote from the ocean.
inland (-s), n. [see land, n.] (webplay: sea, within).
Tract of land away from the sea; interior part of a country.
inlay (inlaid), v. [see lay, v.]
Diversify or ornament a surface by embedding a different substance into the surface.
inlet (-s), n. [see let, v.] (webplay: mind).
Entrance; admission; passage; way into a protected place; [fig.] cove; bay; place where water comes in towards the land.
inmate (-s), n. [see mate, n.]
Boarder; lodger; one who dwells in a house with another; [fig.] captive; prisoner.
inmost, adj. [OE innemest, superlative of inne.] (webplay: silent).
Remotest; furthest; deepest.
inn (-s), n. [OE inn.] (webplay: house, room, silent, temple, town).
- Tavern; place that serves liquor to travelers; [fig.] sky; heaven.
- Hotel; hostelry; lodge; place where travelers can stay overnight.
- Abode; habitation; house for lodging.
- Bunker; shelter; refuge; secure place.
inner, adj. [OE innera, compar. of inne.]
- Within; interior; farther inward than something else.
- Internal; interior; not outward, as the inner man.
innocence, n. [see innocent, adj.]
Purity; simplicity; unimpaired integrity; moral purity; freedom from blame.
innocent, adj. [Fr. < L. innocēntem.] (webplay: heart, injury, simplicity).
- Pure; guiltless; blameless; without blemish; not tainted with sin.
- Not complete, not containing a part.