inlying
Americanadjective
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located near the center or farther in; lying inside.
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lying within a region or country.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of inlying
First recorded in 1840–45; in- 1 ( def. ) + lying 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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A body of cavalry who were in their way—an inlying picket—proved for the moment unsteady, and thus the rebels reached the post at which two of Major Tombs’ guns were placed.
From Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston
True polish in marble or in speech reveals inlying realities, and, in the latter at least, mere smoothness, either of sound or of meaning, is not worthy of the name.
From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by George MacDonald
A strong inlying piquet, to act eventually as a reserve, must be placed in a central position.
From Cavalry in Future Wars by Charles Sydney Goldman
Then guards and inlying pickets were mounted and the scouts withdrawn.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
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.
From Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan by William Taylor
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