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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On the first sound of firing the inlying picket of the 24th Punjaub Infantry doubled out to reinforce the pickets on the road, and in the water-gorge.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston
Then guards and inlying pickets were mounted and the scouts withdrawn.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon
Behind it the infantry lie down to sleep, a section of each company, as an inlying picket, dressed and accoutred.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston
The inlying pickets were accordingly doubled, and every man slept in his clothes, so as to be ready.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston
We very soon got settled down, and mounted a guard and an inlying picquet.
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister
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