inla

n. [ Law L. inlagatio, fr. inlagare to restore to law. See In, and Law. ] (Old Eng. Law) The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town. “This wide inland sea.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

From inland regions to the distant main. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The interior part of a country. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. S. Turner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in the interior of a country, or at a distance from the sea. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inland. [ Obs. ] T. Reeve(1657) [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + L. lapis, lapidis, stone. ] To convert into a stony substance; to petrify. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]