2. Party or side chosen; a following.

Both you of my inclining, and the rest.

Shak.

In`clin*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Incline + -meter.] (Magnetism) An apparatus

to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane

of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle.

In*clip" (?), v. t. To clasp; to inclose.

Whate'er the ocean pales, or sky inclips.

Shak.

In*clois"ter (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + cloister: cf. F. encloîtrer.

Cf. Encloister.] To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. Lovelace.

In*close" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Inclosing.] [See Enclose, and cf. Include.] [Written also enclose.]

1. To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to

shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to

inclose a town with walls.

How many evils have inclosed me round!

Milton.

2. To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing)

within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a

bank note.

The inclosed copies of the treaty.

Sir W. Temple.

3. To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.

Blackstone.

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