inlying

[ in-lahy-ing ]

adjective

1. located near the center or farther in; lying inside.
2. lying within a region or country.

inlying

/ ˈɪnˌlaɪɪŋ /

adjective

1. situated within or inside

Word History and Origins

Origin of inlying¹

First recorded in 1840–45; in- ¹( def ) + lying ²( def )

Example Sentences

Then guards and inlying pickets were mounted and the scouts withdrawn.

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They did not dare to attack the camp, itself, precautionary measures having been adopted to prevent their near approach, by stationing inlying and outlying pickets round it.

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A strong inlying piquet, to act eventually as a reserve, must be placed in a central position.

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We very soon got settled down, and mounted a guard and an inlying picquet.

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A proportion of a force set apart and kept on the alert for the security of the whole.—The outlying piquet, some distance from the main body, watches all hostile approach.—The inlying piquet is ready to act in case of internal disorder, or of alarm.

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