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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inside \In"side'\, noun
1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
Looked he o' the inside of the paper? --Shak.
2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.
Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely. --Massinger.
3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.]
So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three insides. --Anti-Jacobin.
{Patent insides} or {Patent outsides}, a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local news.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inside \In"side'\, preposition or adverb Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inside \In"side'\, adjective
1. Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.
Kissing with inside lip. --Shak.
2. Adapted to the interior.
{Inside callipers} (Mech.), callipers for measuring the diameters of holes, etc.
{Inside finish} (Arch.), a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering.
{Inside track}, the inner part of a race course; hence, colloquially, advantage of place, facilities, contacts, etc., in competition.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inside
adjective
1: relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter" [ant: {outside}]
2: being or applying to the inside of a building; "an inside wall" [syn: {inside(a)}]
3: located, suited for, or taking place within a building; "indoor activities for a rainy day"; "an indoor pool" [syn: {indoor(a)}] [ant: {outdoor(a)}]
4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: {inner}, {privileged}]
5: away from the outer edge; "an inner lane"; "the inside lane"
6: within some bounds; especially of an organization; "an inside job"
noun
1: the region that is inside of something [syn: {interior}] [ant: {outside}]
2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: {interior}] [ant: {outside}]
adverb
1: within a building; "in winter we play inside" [syn: {indoors}] [ant: {outside}, {outside}]
2: on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess" [syn: {within}] [ant: {outside}]
3: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging" [syn: {inwardly}] [ant: {outwardly}]
4: in reality; "she is very kind at heart" [syn: {at heart}, {at bottom}, {deep down}, {in spite of appearance}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "inside": advantaged, advantageous, arranged, at, at bottom, auricular, backing, backwards, basically, between us, bosom, bowels, breast, by nature, center, center of life, central, clandestine, closet, confidential, contents, core, deep, deepest recesses, entrails, esoteric, esoteric reality, everted, exclusive, favorable, favored, fundamentally, guts, heart, heart of hearts, herein, hushed, imprisoned, in, in petto, in prison, incarcerated, indoor, inmost, inmost heart, inmost soul, innards, inner, inner landscape, inner life, inner man, inner nature, inner recess, inner self, innermost, inside of, inside out, insides, interior, interior man, intern, internal, internals, intestine, intimate, into, intrados, intrinsic, inward, inwards, lining, middle, nerve center, not for publication, off the record, penetralia, prearranged, preferential, preferred, private, privileged, privy, propitious, quick, recesses, reversed, sealed, secret, secret heart, secret place, secret places, soul, spirit, stomach, stuffing, therein, tripes, true being, true inwardness, under privilege, unpublishable, viscera, vital center, vital principle, vitals, within, withindoors
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