3. (Episcopal Church) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute
a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
In*stop" (?), v. t. To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the
seams. [Obs.] Dryden.
In*store" (?), v. t. [See Instaurate, Store.] To store up; to inclose;
to contain. [Obs.] Wyclif.
In*strat"i*fied (?), a. Interstratified.
In*struct" (?), a. [L. instructus, p. p. of instruere to furnish,
provide, construct, instruct; pref. in- in, on + struere. See
Structure.] 1. Arranged; furnished; provided. [Obs.] "He had neither
ship instruct with oars, nor men." Chapman.