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ˈin-ˌlot
[f. in adv. 12 d + lot n.]
1. A lot or allotment situated within another.
a1661Fuller Worthies iii. (1662) 166 God in the partage of Palestine..made some Tribes to have In-lots within another.
2. In parts of the United States, originally French, a lot of land in a village large enough for a house, outhouses, and garden (Cent. Dict.).
1779in J. R. Robertson Petitions Early Inhabitants Kentucky (1914) 51 [We] pray that every Actual settler..may be entituled to Draw a free lott;..the lotts to consist of half acre in lott and five acre out lott. 1790in Amer. Pioneer (1842) I. 72 Nathaniel Massie doth bind and oblige himself his heirs, &c., to make over and convey..one in-lot in said town. 1819E. Dana Geogr. Sk. Western Country 74 The in-lots 62½ by 87½ feet each, were sold at public auction. 1837W. Jenkins Ohio Gazetteer 109 The regular in-lots are ninety nine feet in front, extending back one hundred and ninety eight feet. 1948E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 148 The area in and around one of these stations was plotted and each settler could hold one or more ‘in lots’ or building plots on the townsite and one or more ‘out lots’ or farming areas. |