3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.

Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of

Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings. -- Inner jib

(Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the

fore-topmast head to the jib boom. -- Inner plate (Arch.), the wall

plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated

roof. -- Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the

main post, to support the transoms. -- Inner square (Carp.), the angle

formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.

In"ner*ly, adv. More within. [Obs.] Baret.

In"ner*most` (-mst`), a. [A corruption of inmost due to influence of

inner. See Inmost.] Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part;

inmost; deepest within. Prov. xviii. 8.

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