Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-SERT'ING, n.

A setting in.

IN-SERT'ING, ppr.

Setting in or among.

IN-SER'TION, n. [Fr. from L. insertio.]

1. The act of setting or placing in or among other things; as, the insertion of cions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings; the insertion of notices or essays in a public paper; the insertion of vessels, tendons, &c. in other parts of the body.
2. The thing inserted. Broome.

IN-SERV'I-ENT, a.

Conducive.

IN-SES'SOR, n. [L.]

One that sits. Kirby.

IN'SET, n.

In language, a note within a note. Dabney.

IN-SET', v.t.

To infix or implant. Chaucer.

IN-SEV'ER-A-BLE, a.

That can not be severed.

IN-SHAD'ED, a.

Marked with different shades. Browne.

IN-SHELL', v.t.

To hide in a shell. Shak.

IN-SHELL'ED, pp.

Hid in a shell.

IN-SHEL'TER, v.i.

To shelter. Shak.

IN-SHEL'TER-ED, pp.

Sheltered.

IN-SHIP', v.t.

To ship; to embark. Shak.

IN-SHORE', adv.

Near the shore.

IN-SHRINE', v. [See ENSHRINE.]

IN-SIC-CA'TION, n.

The act of drying in.

IN'SIDE, n. [in and side.]

The interior part of a thing; internal part; opposed to outside; as, the inside of a church; the inside of a letter.

IN-SID'I-ATE, v.t. [L. insidior.]

To lie in ambush for.

IN-SID'I-A-TED, pp.

Laid in ambush.

IN-SID'I-A-TING, ppr.

Lying in ambush.

IN-SID'I-A-TOR, n.

One who lies in ambush. Barrow.

IN-SID'I-OUS, a. [L. insidiosus, from insideo, to lie in wait; in and sedeo, to sit.]

1. Properly, lying in wait; hence, watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; used of persons.
2. Intended to entrap; as, insidious arts.

IN-SID'I-OUS-LY, adv.

With intention to insnare; deceitfully; treacherously; with malicious artifice or stratagem. Bacon.

IN-SID'I-OUS-NESS, n.

A watching for an opportunity to insnare; deceitfulness; treachery. Barrow.