inland

(in’land), n. and a. [ n. 1. The interior part of a country. Besides, her little rills, her in-lands that do feed, Which with their lavish streams do furnish every need. Drayton, Polyolbion, ii. 403. The rest were all Far to the inland retired, about the walls Of Pandemonium, city and proud seat, Milton, P. L., x. 423. 2. In feudal law, land reserved by the lord of the manor to be cultivated by his serfs or used for the manor, as distinguished from the lands occupied or enjoyed by the tenants. See outland. II. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the interior, as distinguished from the coast; away or retired from the sea or the main ocean: as, an inland town or lake. In this wide Inland sea, that hight by name The Idle lake, my wandring ship I row. Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 10. Where brief sojourners, in the cool, soft air, Forgot their inland heats, hard toil, and year-long care. Whittier, Tent on the Beach. The Istrian hills, and the higher mountains beyond them, tell us something of the character of the inland scenery. H, A, Freeman, Venice, p. 98. In the act of July 2, 1864, § 7, that no property seized upon “any of the inland waters of the United States” by the naval forces shall be regarded as maritime prize, “inland” applies to all waters upon which a naval force could go, other than bays and harbors on the sea-coast. Anderson, Law Dict. 2. Carried on within a country; domestic; not foreign: as, inland trade.—38. Confined to a country; drawn and payable in the same country: as, an inland bill of exchange (distinguished from a foreign bill, which is drawn in one country on a person living in another).—4}. Somewhat refined or polished; civilized: opposed to upland, the old expre ion for ‘rustic.’ An old religious uncle of mine taught me to speak, who was in his youth an inland man, one that knew courtship too well. Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. Inland ice. See ice-cap,1.—Inland navigation, revenue, etc. See the nouns.—Inland sea, a large body of salt water only slightly or not at all connected with the ocean. The only true inland seas are the Black (with that of Azoy), Caspian, and Aral, in Europe and Asia; but the name is sometimes applied to great lakes, as Lake Superior in North America, The Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee are small lakes, the former of salt water. The so-called Tnland Sea of Japan (the Suwonada) isa part of the Pacific ocean inclosed by three of the principal islands,