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▪ I. inset, n.|ˈɪnsɛt|
[f. in adv. 11 d + set n.]
1. A setting in, inflow, influx (of water).
†b. A place where water flows in, a channel (obs.).
1559in Boys Sandwich (1792) 736 By stoppinge of the northe mouthe and diuers other insets. 1875Lyell Princ. Geol. I. ii. xx. 498 There are tidal influences combined with the general insets from the Atlantic. 1881T. G. Bowles Flotsam & Jetsam (1883) 244 The inset into the Bay of Biscay, which..runs at the rate of a mile an hour.
attrib.1896Westm. Gaz. 20 June 5/2 The Drummond Castle was drawn by a strong inset current to the inner side of the Island of Ushant.
2. That which is set in or inserted.
†a. An innate or implanted idea. Obs. rare.
1587Golding De Mornay Pref. 8 These [witnessings] are common insightes, or insets (as a man may tearme them), namelie the perswasion of the Godhead, the conscience of euil [etc.]. Ibid., Those common and generall Insets haue remained barren in the most part of men.
b. A recess. rare—1.
1829J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1858) II. 161 The wall is very perfect..having frequent insets.
c. An extra page or set of pages inserted in a sheet or book (see quot. 1875); an advertisement on a separate leaf inserted in a magazine, etc.
1875Knight Dict. Mech. II. 1189/2 Inset,..a certain portion of the printed sheet in 12mo, 24mo, etc., which is cut off before folding and set into the middle of the folded sheet. 1879Print Trades Jrnl. No. 26. 4 A four-page inset with cuts, this portion of the journal is carefully rolled. 1883C. E. Doble in Academy 26 May 368/2 My copy..has an inset of eight pages between pp. 240 and 241. 1892Pall Mall G. 25 June 5/2 To print papers from duplicate plates, with an ‘inset’—that is, an extra page gummed in mechanically—whenever desired. 1893Bookseller 201 From two pounds weight of Magazines I have this day taken out fourteen ounces of insets.
d. A smaller map, picture, etc. inserted within the border of a larger one.
1881Athenæum No. 2810. 310/3 The clearness of the maps and their pictorial insets deserves all praise. 1887Philips' Handy-vol. Atlas World Contents, Ireland—Ulster, with inset of Belfast and Environs. 1894Nation (N.Y.) 30 Aug. 161/2 Two admirable maps..with insets indicating the geology, the comparative density of population, and the agriculture of eastern equatorial Africa.
e. A piece of cloth inserted or let into a dress.
1894Paris Mode No. 3. 31/2 An inset at the neck and shoulders, front and back. 1899Daily News 16 Dec. 6/5 The skirt has little insets of lace all round the edge.
▪ II. inˈset, v.
Also 4 ynsett. Pa. pple. inset: in sense 5 also insetted.
[f. in-1 or in adv. + set v.1 Cf. MDu. and MHG. insetten, Du. inzetten; MHG. insetzen, Ger. einsetzen, Da. indsætte, Sw. insätta.]
†1. trans. ? To institute, initiate. (Only in OE.: rendering L. instituĕre.) Obs.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xxiii[i]. (1890) 334 Þa seolfan, þe ær þæt mynster heoldon & rehton, heo mid þeodscipum regollices lifes insette & trymede [etiam hoc disciplinis vitæ regularis instituit].
†2. To set (a person) in office; to appoint. Obs.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxv[i]. 12 Þou in-set [L. imposuisti] men, mani swa Over our hevedes to be þa. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 357 Commanding the Laird of Killfaunes, insett Provest be the Quene..to cast up the portis of the town.
†3. To insert, ingraft. Const. to. (= L. inserĕre.) Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. iii. 25 (Camb. MS.) So þat wan thise thinges stynten forto sowne in eres, the sorwe þat is insett greueth the thowght. 1382Wyclif 2 Macc. vii. 21 She monestide eche of hem..and ynsettinge mans ynwitt to wommans thouȝt, saide to hem [etc.]. ― Rom. xi. 24 Forwhi if thou..aȝens kynde ert inseet in to a good olyue tre, how moche more thei that by kynde, schulen be ynsett to her olyue tre?
4. To set (jewels) in (gold, or the like). rare—1.
1658W. Sanderson Graphice 69 Thus having inriched you with a Mine of Precious stones, and pearles, with Gold to inset them.
5. To set in, insert; spec. to insert as an inset (inset n. 2 c); to fix an inset in (a sheet), an extra page in (a newspaper), etc.
1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 208 This useful contrivance..delivering the papers inset, pasted, cut top and bottom, turned out compact as a pamphlet. 1896Newsagents' Chron. 3 Oct. 3/2 Advertisements printed on a sheet which was insetted. 1897F. C. Conybeare in Expositor Apr. 302 The numbers inset in my translation indicate the pages of the Armenian text. 1899Month Mar. 328 An excellent map containing three smaller plans inset.
Hence inˈsetted ppl. a.
1893Westm. Gaz. 19 Apr. 7/2 The extra cost of carriage consequent upon insetted advertisements in magazines.
▪ III. inset, ppl. a.|ˈɪnsɛt|
[in adv. 11 b.]
†1. Implanted, innate, native. Obs.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde (1564) B iv, The honest..maintaining of the inset and naturall beautie in a woman. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. Seneca, The harth from whence proceedeth all that inset and natiue heate.
2. = inlaid (or ? set with precious stones).
1588Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) II. 179 One lardge Danske chist, with insett worke.
3. Inserted as an inset.
1885Pall Mall G. 11 June 6/1 Each part will contain ten page plates, four illustrations in the text, and one inset plate. 1891Times 14 Apr. 3/2 The map..now includes inset maps containing charts of the mouths of the Zambesi, of Delagoa Bay [etc.]. |