insiden.1adj.adv.prep.
/ˌɪnˈsʌɪd/, /ˈɪnsʌɪd/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsaɪd/ A. n.1
1.
a. The inner side or surface; that side of anything which is within, or nearer to the centre, or farther from the outer edge or surface; in a foot-path, the side next to the wall, or away from the road.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] > inner surface
inside1504
lining sidea1585
withinside1814
the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > side facing specific direction > inner side
inside1504
1504 in Eng. Gilds 327 A tabell yn the syde of the halle..a bynch yn the yn-syde of the tabell.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings vi. 15 Salomon..buylded the walles on the insyde with Ceder tymber.
1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 333 Rubbing it [my pen] against the inside of my cote.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 78 Look'd he o' th' inside of the Paper? View more context for this quotation
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 30 There is a necessary Magnificence to be exprest on the Front and inside of Princely Buildings, answerable to their greatnesse.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 201 The two insides of the Joynt-Rule Carpenters use.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 113 Over the third Gate, in the in-side..is this Inscription.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 600 A very thin coating of the acid is deposited equably upon the inside of the vessel.
1894 Yellow Bk. 1 193 They might pass me by now, not even give me the inside of the pavement.
b. Fencing. (See quot. 1863.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions
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corps à corps1910
1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) 22 When you put-by the thrust, you put it by upon the inside of your Sword.
1863 Archery, Fencing, & Broadsword (Rtldg.) 46 It is customary for adversaries, on coming to the Guard, to Engage, or to join blades, on what is called the inside, that is, the right side; although there are occasions on which it is advisable to engage on the outside, or on the left; otherwise called the Quarte or Tierce sides.
2.
a. The inner part, or the space within something; the interior.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > inside or interior
bosom1489
belly1535
insidea1557
inward1609
interior1828
a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xxiii. 25 Ie clense ye outward part of ye cup and ye disch, but y insijd is ful of robri and vnstaidnes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 803 Shew the in-side of your Purse to the out-side of his hand, and no more adoe. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 58 So well I have dispos'd My Aerie Microscope..thou may'st behold Outside and inside both, pillars and roofs. View more context for this quotation
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 104 The insides of their dwellings exhibit a complete picture of filth and indolence.
1806 M. R. Mitford Let. 21 Sept. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. ii. 37 The company in the inside [of the coach]..being tolerably quiet.
1808 J. Austen Let. 20 Nov. (1995) 155 We mean..to go one night to the play. Martha ought to see the inside of the Theatre once while she lives in Southampton.
1819 R. Woodhouse Let. 20 Sept. in J. Keats Lett. (1958) II. 165 He parted with me at the Coach door—I had the inside all to myself.
1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 6 I had a very varied time and learnt something of the inside of a country.
1969 Times 12 Nov. 10/7 It took one war to get a foothold in the treaty ports. That still left the ‘inside’.
b. spec. /ˌɪnˈsaɪd/. The interior of the body; the internal organs, esp. the stomach and bowels; the entrails. (Also in plural in same sense.) colloquial and dialect.
/ˌɪnˈsaɪd/. The interior of the body; the internal organs, esp. the stomach and bowels; the entrails. (Also in plural in same sense.) colloquial and dialect.ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > internal organs > [noun]
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B3 In the body of his work, though the inside and strength were Philosophy, the skinne as it were and beautie, depended most of Poetrie.]
1741–3 J. Wesley Jrnl. (1749) 91 It was as if their heart, as if all their inside, as if their whole body was tearing all to pieces.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxx. 210 My insides are out of order.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iii So now away home; my inside cries cupboard.
1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 143 There was a lot of blood about..and some odd portions of a man's inside.
c. figurative. Inward nature, mind, thought, or meaning. (Sometimes with humorous suggestion of sense A. 1b)
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the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > [noun]
wombeOE
moodeOE
heartOE
inner manc1000
soulOE
ghostOE
sprite1340
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interior1600
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citta1853
undersoul1868
Geist1871
heart-mind1959
1615 J. Sylvester tr. Hymne St. Lewis 10 in 2nd Session Parl. Vertues Reall Rebellious Peers, Who..measuring his in-side by his age, Troubled his State with storms of Ciuill Rage.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) i. 3 Come, come, heers none but friends heer, we may speak Our insides freely.
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 554 Sueton. hath drawn to life both the Portraictures and Insides of the xii Cæsars.
1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 22 May (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1352 In order to judge of the inside of others, study your own.
1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 182 Conscious of the heroic inside of the noble Quixote.
d. The middle or main portion of a period of time, exclusive of the beginning and end. (In quot. 1890, in the inside of = ‘inside of’, within: see C.3.) colloquial.
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the world > time > period > [noun] > middle of a period
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heart1523
holla1525
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waist1604
depth1605
full1658
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1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. 74 (Farmer) Tain't to be done in the inside of a month.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 53 The Reverend Felix..home for the inside of a fortnight.
1894 Spectator 10 Feb. 189 Bishops..in order to come to London for the inside of a week..have to alter a number of arrangements.
e. The inner history, the real facts; also, a person in possession of such information. to be on the inside, to have knowledge that is not generally available.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > true facts or circumstances
the soothc897
rightOE
trutha1382
the feat ofa1400
verity1422
the whole story1565
fact1578
the right way (also regionally gate) (of)a1628
bottom fact1864
where it's (he's, she's) at1903
inside1904
dinkum1916
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > knowledge of secrets > one who has knowledge
secretist1661
fellow-knower1662
insider1848
inside1926
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > operate secretly [verb (intransitive)] > share secret
to be of (a person's) bosom1608
to be in (rarely on) the secret1680
to be on the in1932
to be on the inside1932
1904 W. H. Smith Promoters v. 101 I'll give it to you straight, for I happen to know the inside.
1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 637/1 Also he spills th' info as to how many insides they is; that is, how many bargain counters has one of our gang behind it.
1932 Daily Express 28 Jan. 15/5 I have chatted with men who are believed to be on the inside, and they have informed me that there will certainly be changes at forward and in the three-quarter line.
1959 Economist 18 Apr. 252/3 This desire to be ‘on the inside’ is no doubt personal as well as nationalist.
3. (elliptical use of the adjective or adverb.) An inside passenger or place in a coach or other vehicle. colloquial.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun]
pilgrimlOE
travellera1387
farandman14..
passengera1450
walkerc1450
voyager1477
viator?1504
journeyer1566
viadant1632
wayman1638
thwarter1693
migrant1760
inside1799
mover1810
starter1817
itinerarian1822
trekker1851
farer1881
passager1917
1799 Poetry of Anti-Jacobin 128 So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying Three Insides.
1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 550 The four insides of a Dover coach are taken for to-morrow morning.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxviii. 284 The old gentleman inside..informs the other inside that they're going to change directly; on which the other inside wakes himself up.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 128 I picked myself up and went to help out the insides.
4. In adverbial phrase inside out /ˌɪnsaɪd ˈaʊt/, formerly also inside outwards (usually with the verb turn): So that the inner side becomes the outer; so as to expose the inside or interior. Also figurative, esp. to know (something) inside out: to know (it) extremely well.The text cited in quot. ?a1600 is almost certainly a forgery by J. P. Collier.
/ˌɪnsaɪd ˈaʊt/, formerly also inside outwards (usually with the verb turn): So that the inner side becomes the outer; so as to expose the inside or interior. Also figurative, esp. to know (something) inside out: to know (it) extremely well.The text cited in quot. ?a1600 is almost certainly a forgery by J. P. Collier.ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inversion > inverted [phrase] > inside out
inside outwards1681
outside in1681
The ‘In’ and ‘Out1925
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > be or become familiar with [phrase]
at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528
to get the hang of1845
to know one's onions1908
to know (something) inside out1921
?a1600 R. Tarlton Jests (1844) Introd. 22 Could you turne him inside out, You would presentlie see, Squeaking [etc.].]
1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iii. 198 To oblige us..to turn our selves inside outwards to all we converse with; to give to every one his due..to weigh to our Neigbours and our selves in the same Balance, and to do to them whatsoever we could reasonably wish they should do to us.
1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. i. 14 Though one should turn you topsie-turvy, and in-side out, [you] are but a Grammarian.
1772 H. Walpole Last Jrnls. (1859) I. 7 Turned their coats inside outwards for luck.
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 245/2 The polypes..are so simple in their structure that they may be turned inside out like a glove.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady vii. 214.
1921 A. Huxley Let. 24 Aug. (1969) 201 Maria and I have just come back from..Rome... What a place! It inspires one at once with a kind of passion to know it utterly and inside out.
1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 31 A restaurant—that's a simpler affair, and Marguerite knows it inside out.
5. In various games, a position on the field; a player in that position.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions
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1886 W. Arnott in B. James England v Scotland (1969) ii. 39 The Corinthians..have perfected the tactics of the three insides.
1901 W. H. Pickering Hockey for Ladies ix. 33 Left inside should be able to shoot for she gets as many chances as any other forward.
1905 E. E. White How to play Hockey vii. 47 Touch line tactics make it imperative that the two insides should get out of position.
1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 289/1 [article Association Football] The game is begun by one of the centre-forwards, who usually taps the ball gently to either of his insides.
1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 517/2 [article Rugby] One common fault with three-quarters..is running on a slant; it is a pathetic sight to see a fine wing man so bottled by his own ‘insides’ that he is forced into touch almost as soon as he has the ball.
1967 J. Potter Foul Play vi. 79 George and Boozy moved up on the German insides like a pair of avenging demons.
6. (See quot. 1927.) U.S.
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1899 B. Tarkington Gentleman from Indiana i. 11 Presently the ‘Herald’ announced a news connection with Rouen, and with that, and the aid of ‘patent insides’, began an era of three issues a week.
1899 B. Tarkington Gentleman from Indiana xiv. 249 We must buy ‘plate matter’ instead of ‘patent insides’.
1927 Amer. Speech 2 242/1 Only in small country papers does one find ‘patent insides’. The country editor frequently buys four pages of his paper already printed, filled with ‘features’, fiction, and advertising. He has only to fill the four remaining pages with local news and advertising.
B. adj.
a. /ˈɪnsaɪd/. Situated on or in the inside; of, belonging to, or used for the inside (literal and figurative); interior, internal. Often used technically; esp. in reference to locomotive engines having the driving-gear within the main frame, as inside cylinder, inside framing, inside gear. Also, inside callipers, inside tool, etc. i.e. used for the interior of cylindrical or hollow work.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adjective]
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ad intra1825
indoor1874
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 288 Is whispering nothing? Is leaning Cheeke to Cheeke?..Kissing with in-side Lip? View more context for this quotation
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 8 Outside and inside Lathing for Plastring.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §189 An excellent mortar for under-drawing, and inside work.
1824 E. Weeton Let. 31 May–2 June in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) II. 276 No consideration could have induced me to travel inside the coach; the guard offered me an inside seat in the night, but I declined it.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxii. 206 He would not take an inside place in the coach, but sate up behind with his friend the Guard.
1855 D. K. Clark Railway Machinery I. 93/1 5/ 8 inch lap in Sharp's inside-cylinder engines exhausts as well as the 11/ 4 and 11/ 2 inch of lap, which Mr. Sinclair has found necessary in his outside-cylinder engines on the Caledonian Railway.
1857 E. C. Gaskell Let. 13 Sept. (1966) 471 We..found to our dismay that there was no inside places. However we got tilted up to the top of the coach behind.
1859 Engineer VII. 211/1 The outside cylinder express engines running to Southampton are as steady, under every rate of speed, as any inside cylinder engines in use.
1859 Engineer VII. 225/1 The cylinders being bolted to the outside of the inside framing.
1862 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 177 The inside fittings of the rooms.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 151 An efficient mechanism by which outside variability is used for the maintenance of inside constancy.
1907 F. H. Burnett Shuttle xxiii. 226 We didn't come over on one of the big liners... Took a cheap one, inside cabin, second class.
1959 B. J. Farmer Murder Next Year ii. 7 A modern bathroom and an inside w.c.
1963 Guardian 7 Mar. 7/2 There are 1,045 berths on this ship, and 16 of them will be available at £35—in four-berth ‘inside’ cabins on C deck. ‘Outside’ four-berth cabins cost £55 a berth.
1971 Guardian 1 Dec. 12/5 Some 200,000 families with severely disabled people need improved accommodation because they lack an inside lavatory.
b. Of a person: Employed within a house or building; working indoors. Also figurative, and of a person travelling inside a coach (cf. A. 3).
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > traveller
overlandc1400
inside1807
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [adjective] > working inside
inside1886
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xxxvii. 125 These coaches..carry four inside passengers, two outside.
1841 E. Hall Diary 17 Dec. in O.A. Sherrard Two Victorian Girls (1966) iv. 48 I did feel very lonely and miserable as the coach drove off with the solitary inside passenger.
1886 W. D. Howells Minister's Charge xxv. 368 Look at the Blue-book,..it's the apotheosis of farm-boys, mechanics, insidemen, and I don't know what.
1894 Daily News 8 Oct. 6/7 Counting the number of hours worked, the outside men are given an equal amount of employment with the inside men.
a1900 Mod. U. S. Newspaper Advt. Situation wanted as inside man in private family.
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) viii. 113 The ‘inside men’, who fished the lakes..also appropriated any convenient grassy slope.
1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway vi. 165 He's an inside man... He's deeply interested in research, and he doesn't concern himself very much with user problems.
c. inside edge (Skating): see edge n. 7b inside track: in Horse Racing, the inner side of a curved track (which is shorter than the outer); hence figurative a position of advantage.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > advantage over another > a position of advantage
higher ground1583
vantage-ground1612
coign of vantagea1616
high ground1800
place, point (etc.) of vantage1805–6
vantage-coign1808
inside track1857
vantage-placea1861
vantage-pointa1861
pole position1888
vantage1908
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating > specific edge
outside edge1772
inside edge1857
outer edge1902
1857 Richmond (Va.) Whig 5 Sept. 2/1 In a word, ‘Gizzard-Foot’ has the inside track for the Senatorship.
1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel xviii. 192 It gave him the inside track, as the sporting men say, with reference to any rivals for the good-will of either of these.
1882 W. James Let. 23 Apr. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) I. 794 Whoever does it gets the inside track for promotion here on Bowen's withdrawal.
1884 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xx. 367 I've taken his mills, but I guess I've got the inside track.
1892 Harper's Mag. Feb. 440/2 My gentleman friend in our office has the inside track, and got me the pass.
1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil ii. xxiv When a woman knows where she stands, and has the inside track,..the man has no show whatever.
1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. iv. xvii. 782 We cannot any more govern them or exploit or have the inside track in them.
1967 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 90/3 The real strength of the Labour Party does not lie in Transport House but on the inside track possessed by trade union officials, shop stewards and others,..all particularly important in influencing the male vote.
1972 Accountant 21 Sept. 359/1 At this stage in the contest, President Richard M. Nixon, as the incumbent, clearly enjoys the advantages of the inside track.
d. figurative. Coming from ‘the inside’; inner; not generally available.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adjective] > innermost
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innerc900
privyc1300
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interior1548
intrinsical1548
inward1548
secret1548
retired1596
in-pent1613
bosom1640
sneaking1748
interior1775
inside1888
1888 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 20 Feb. (Farmer) A secret service officer..claims to have inside information as to the facts in the case.
1896 S. Leavitt Our Money Wars (ed. 2) ii. 11 Sometimes a few lines of inside history are worth whole books of that usually printed.
1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch ix. 184 Behind this game is some ‘inside’ history that has never been written.
c1919 H. C. Witwer Smile a Minute i. 32 He wanted some inside dope for his paper.
1923 D. L. Sayers Whose Body? xiii ‘Peruvian Oil..hasn't paid a dividend for umpteen years.’ ‘No..but it's going to. I've got inside information.’
1923 D. Canfield Rough-hewn xx The delight of her kind at having any inside information about a violent death or a scandal.
1924 H. Croy R.F.D. No. 3 157 I knew a fellow on the inside and we used to pal around together and I got a lot of inside dope.
1932 H. Walpole Fortress iii. 447 John..had been most entertaining. If not of Parliament he was near it enough to have plenty of inside information.
1936 Discovery Apr. 129/2 His biography..gives the inside story of Coué in his years of fame.
1938 P. G. Wodehouse Code of Woosters vi. 139 I would be able to get together with Gussie..and learn the inside dope.
1950 D. Riesman et al. Lonely Crowd ix. 199 Some inside-dopesters actually crave to be on the inside, to join an inner circle or invent one; others aim no higher than to know the inside.
1959 Encounter Dec. 16/1 The influence of the..gossip-columnists and ‘inside dopesters’ has steadily risen.
1970 Daily Tel. 20 Apr. 17 The newest ‘inside’ book on the monarchy.
1972 ‘H. Carmichael’ Naked to Grave v. 59 I can get all the credit for an inside story... The way you described it to me is just tailor-made for my column.
1972 P. D. James Unsuitable Job iii. 90 If you want the inside dope on Garforth House, you should ask him.
1973 D. Lees Rape of Quiet Town i. 10 As soon as they hear I'm from the Pictorial they'll fall over themselves to give me the inside gen.
C. adv. /ˌɪnˈsaɪd/. On or in the inside.
1.
a. On the inner side.
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adverb] > on the inside
inside1803
1803 Ld. Nelson 4 June in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 79 This Island is bold, too, inside or out.
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 71 The Goliath..had the honor to lead inside.
b. figurative. In a position to have private information. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb] > entrusted with secrets
inside1870
in on1907
1870 Congress. Globe 3 Feb. 1022/1 I ask the gentleman from Ohio to name the ships which he says have been sold for a song. The gentleman is inside on all these matters.
c. slang. In prison.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [adverb] > in, into, or to prison
in, into (to) Bocardo1550
inside1888
1888 Referee 14 Oct. 1/4 There dashes past a once member of the dangerous classes, who has been ‘inside’ many a time and oft, but who, having run into a bit of ready, will now go straight.
1925 E. Wallace King by Night xxvi. 116 You've been ‘inside’, and you're going in again unless you can explain..what you're doing here.
1958 Listener 6 Nov. 743/2 Only a very insensitive reader could reach the end of the book without feeling that he had shared the author's daily, even hourly, existence ‘inside’—..the effect comprising a powerful, and frequently nauseating, picture of what life in prison, and in a Borstal, is like.
1959 ‘L. Bruce’ Our Jubilee is Death xvi. 149 She was afraid of me going inside again.
1972 C. Drummond Death at Bar ii. 54 Over the years she had been convicted three times, spending in all four years ‘inside’.
2. In or into the inner part; within; internally.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb]
inneOE
innerlyc1330
ina1400
interially?a1475
inwardly1483
intrinsically1584
internally1598
interiorly1759
insidely1803
inside1824
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adverb]
ineOE
inwardc1000
within1297
benward1572
ingate1590
inwards1598
in-bye1768
inside1866
1824 E. Weeton Jrnl. 21 July (1969) II. 309 The Liverpool fares..were all 4£ inside and 2£ out.
1847 Punch 12 14 Has he [sc. the bus conductor] directions to say..‘Full inside’?
1851 ‘Nimrod’ Road 17 Full, inside, sir.
1866 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. s.v., Itinerant Showman Now then, ladies and gentlemen, walk inside, walk inside!
1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. xi. 93 The houses were kept very clean inside and out.
1905 19th Cent. 817 To adopt an elusive bush idiom, the railways bring the country ‘inside’.
1930 L. Munday Mounty's Wife xvii. 209 After twenty years, almost all of which we had spent ‘inside’, as the North is always called.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 59 When a man from the far interior comes to the city he says he is coming inside.
1957 Arctic Spotter (Edmonton, Alberta) Oct. 9 Not once did I meet anyone who was sorry to be ‘inside’.
1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird v. 66 You didn't know Daddy like I did. He was an awful old softie inside.
3. inside of (in reference to time): Within the space of; in less than the whole of (a period); before the end of. U.S., Australian, etc. colloquial.
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the world > time > [adverb] > during or in the course of (a certain time)
asOE
in the meantime of1447
wherein1535
therein1539
for long, for a or the time1564
in the course of1653
inside of1839
the world > time > duration > [adverb] > within the space of
inside of1839
1839 Spirit of Times 27 July 246/1 There are dozens of horses..that can trot their mile in harness inside of three minutes.
1877 Boston Jrnl. 27 Apr. They would pollute the society of Heaven inside of twenty-four hours, if they went there.
1887 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 13 Jan. (Farmer) Both animals had been killed inside of five minutes.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xi He knocked the seven senses out of him inside of three rounds.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxi I've been pretty quick coming: thirty mile inside of three hours.
D. prep.
Inside of; on the inner side, or in the inner part, of; within. Now esp. in titles and headlines to indicate special or intimate knowledge.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > within [preposition]
ineOE
aninneeOE
withinc1175
bythouta1300
inside1791
1791 J. Lackington Mem. (1792) 212 The coachman put me inside the carriage.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxv. 133 The captain stood well to the westward, to run inside the Bermudas.
1855 R. Browning Childe Roland xxix As when a trap shuts—you're inside the den!
1882 W. Larden Sch. Course Heat 79 We must get rid of the air inside the tube.
1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold i. 39 I hear all about it inside twenty-four hours.
1936 J. Gunther (title) Inside Europe.
1942 R. Benchley (title) Inside Benchley.
1972 J. A. Everson & B. P. Fitzgerald (title) Inside the city.
Compounds
Special collocations:
inside centre n. Rugby the centre playing immediately outside the half-backs.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position
full back1875
goal kick1875
No. eight1876
goalkicker1879
three-quarter back1880
handler1888
three-quarter1889
heeler1892
scrum half1894
lock forward1898
standoff1902
five-eighth1905
hooker1905
threes1905
flying half1906
loose head1907
standoff1908
fly-half1918
fly1921
inside half1921
outside half1921
scrum1921
inside centre1936
flank forward1937
out-half1949
prop1950
prop forward1951
number eight1952
flanker1953
tight head1959
back-rower1969
second rower1969
striker1973
packman1992
1936 H. B. T. Wakelam Rugby Football ix. 171 Returning again to outside lines-up, Now and again..we come across a side which, really imitating the five-eighth game, plays two outside-halves, or even an ‘inside’ and an ‘outside’ centre.
1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby ix. 111 When the inside centre receives the ball, he proceeds..to straighten his run.
1969 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 13 July 45/5 Barry Honan's play at inside centre was rich encouragement for the side.
inside clinch n. (see quot.) and cf. clinch n.1).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > slip-knot
riding knotc1330
slipping knota1425
fisher's-knot1611
snittle1611
slip-knot1659
inside clinch1886
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 591/2 Inside Clinch. The end [of a rope] is bent close round the standing part till it forms a circle, when it is securely seized..thus making a running eye.
inside country n. Australian (see quot. 1959).
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia > coastal regions
inside country1911
1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xxxv. 317 But, be the ‘inside’ country never so tame..there will always be a huge stretch of country ‘outside’ which cannot by any known means be closely settled.
1959 S. J. Baker Drum 119 Inside country, well-populated country near or in coastal areas, specifically in contrast to inland or out~back.
inside forward n. in association football and hockey, either of the two players, called the inside left or right (see below), of the forward line; the position of such a player.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions
wing-back1734
goalkeeper1789
outfielder1855
quarter1857
centre fielder1865
outfield1867
quarterback1867
right1867
centre1868
left wing1871
left-back1873
left half-back1873
centre forward1874
left-centre1877
right-centre1877
centre back1878
centre half-back1879
forward1879
back1880
right wing1880
right half-back1881
goaltender1882
right-winger1882
wing1882
centre half1884
left winger1884
inside1886
half1887
custodian1888
left half1888
midfielder1888
left wing1889
right half1889
centreman1890
midfield1890
outside right1890
outfieldsman1891
goalie1894
winger1896
infield1897
inside forward1897
inside right1897
outside forward1897
outside1898
outside left1900
rearguard1904
pivot1911
wing-man1942
keeper1957
link1958
linkman1963
midfield1976
1897 Windsor Mag. Dec. 25/2 Each of the two inside-forward positions.
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 418/1 Try to feed the centre and inside forwards when in your opponent's territory.
1965 Men's Hockey (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) (rev. ed.) 30/1 If the inside forwards are close to the centre, the opposing centre half can cover all three.
inside gouge n. (see quot.).
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1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Inside Gouge, a paring gouge, so called because it is ground on the inside or hollow face.
inside half n. = scrum half n. at scrum n. Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position
full back1875
goal kick1875
No. eight1876
goalkicker1879
three-quarter back1880
handler1888
three-quarter1889
heeler1892
scrum half1894
lock forward1898
standoff1902
five-eighth1905
hooker1905
threes1905
flying half1906
loose head1907
standoff1908
fly-half1918
fly1921
inside half1921
outside half1921
scrum1921
inside centre1936
flank forward1937
out-half1949
prop1950
prop forward1951
number eight1952
flanker1953
tight head1959
back-rower1969
second rower1969
striker1973
packman1992
1921 W. J. Martin in E. H. D. Sewell Rugby Football up to Date iii. 69 In our view all backs should look at the inside half when the ball is being put in the scrum.
1949 Rugby League Football (‘Know the Game’ Series) 8 Scrum half back or inside half.
1969 Programme (Llanelli v. Swansea) 1 Apr. 6 Jim Lamb. Mewnwr. Inside-half.
1973 Sunday Tel. 18 Mar. 38/2 Smith, for England, was forceful at inside half.
inside-jaw chuck n. (see quot.).
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Inside-jaw Chuck, a chuck for holding drills, rods, or pipes. These pass through the chuck, the jaws of which have an inside hold.
inside job n. slang a crime committed in a house, etc., by, or with the help of, a resident or servant, etc., in the building.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a crime > other general types of crime
political offence1771
street crime1853
crime passionnel1892
war crime1906
inside job1908
outside job1925
single-o1930
hate crime1960
1908 ‘O. Henry’ Gentle Grafter 142 The police are calling it an inside job.
1924 G. S. Dougherty Criminal as Human Being 187 One of my assistants..made an investigation that convinced him an ‘inside job’ had been committed by the servants.
1925 A. Christie Secret of Chimneys xii. 121 How long have you had the idea that it might be an inside job?
1926 J. Black You can't Win xxi. 334 It was an inside job..done by the storekeeper to beat his creditors.
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xv. 249 You seem convinced that the murder of Victor Dean was an inside job.
1972 ‘M. Innes’ Open House ii. x. 94 Wasn't there something factitious about the whole affair? Didn't it match the hoary old formula of the inside job disguised as an outside job?
inside left n.
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1969 B. James England v Scotland ii. 51 Scottish inside-left J. Macpherson..collapsed in a heap.
inside right n. in association football and hockey, a player playing between the outside left or right and the centre forward; the position of such a player.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions
wing-back1734
goalkeeper1789
outfielder1855
quarter1857
centre fielder1865
outfield1867
quarterback1867
right1867
centre1868
left wing1871
left-back1873
left half-back1873
centre forward1874
left-centre1877
right-centre1877
centre back1878
centre half-back1879
forward1879
back1880
right wing1880
right half-back1881
goaltender1882
right-winger1882
wing1882
centre half1884
left winger1884
inside1886
half1887
custodian1888
left half1888
midfielder1888
left wing1889
right half1889
centreman1890
midfield1890
outside right1890
outfieldsman1891
goalie1894
winger1896
infield1897
inside forward1897
inside right1897
outside forward1897
outside1898
outside left1900
rearguard1904
pivot1911
wing-man1942
keeper1957
link1958
linkman1963
midfield1976
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 517/1 This is a comparatively easy task for inside right, but by no means so for inside left, who cannot reach out to hit the ball as it is rolled in.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 16 Mar. 5/1 Bloomer developed into a forward of exceptional skill in the inside-right position.
1969 B. James England v Scotland iii. 64 Chadwick provided an opening for inside~right Goodall to score England's second goal.
inside lap n. (see quots.).
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1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Inside Lap, exhaust lap.
1905 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. s.v. Slide Valve The distance a which the valve projects beyond the steam port when in the middle position is termed the Outside Lap, and the distance b the Inside Lap.
inside lining n. slang (see quots.).
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > big or substantial meal
gramaungerec1400
opsonation1623
feast1624
bouffagea1682
feed1808
hakari1823
tuck-out1823
nyam1828
tightener1829
inside lining1851
square1882
stoke-up1955
nosh-up1963
pigout1978
greeze1984
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 18/1 He was ‘going to get an inside lining’ (dinner).
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 61/2 Inside lining, an exceptionally good meal.
inside man n. U.S. slang one involved in any of various special roles in a confidence trick or robbery.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > accomplice
outputter1421
outparter1607
gammon1717
gammoner1795
outside man1861
inside man1935
1935 Amer. Speech 10 21/1 at Steerer Steerer, an inside man or tipster who locates prospects for robbers or safeblowers.
1937 N.Y. Times 22 Dec. 22 Inside man, a spy placed in a plant as an employé.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxviii. 288 The ‘mug finder’ books a room and spots a likely name in the register... When the ‘mug's’ name is announced in the restaurant by the page, he is followed to the telephone by the ‘inside man’ and identified.
1940 Amer. Speech 15 119/1 Inside-men are highly specialized workers; they must have a superb knowledge of psychology to keep the mark under perfect control during the days or weeks while he is being fleeced.
inside right n. (see inside left n., above).
inside screw n. (see quot.).
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Inside-screw, a hollow screw; one having its thread on the inside.
inside screw-tool n. (see quot.).
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Inside screw-tool, a hook-shaped tool for threading interior surfaces while revolving in a lathe.
inside squatter n. Australian one who lives within the margin of the settlements.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > other specific colonists or settlers
pilgrim1630
originals1703
old settler1744
Big Knife1750
out-settler1755
provincial1756
Boer1776
freeman1791
Pilgrim Fathers1799
back-settler1809
undertaker1819
oecist1846
Argonaut1848
Canterbury pilgrim1850
poblador1850
shagroon1851
forty-niner1853
planter1858
inside squatter1881
local white1888
Minyan1928
1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland II. xxxii. 171 Stations were formed for nearly a hundred and fifty miles outside John's run, and he began to regard himself as quite an inside squatter.
1959 S. J. Baker Drum 119 Inside squatter, a farmer or large land-owner in a fairly well-populated district.
inside stand n. slang (see quot. 1935).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket > insinuate member of gang
inside stand1932
1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water xiii. 227 Oily's got himself into the house, and he's planning to let Soup in when he's good and ready... It's what's known as the inside stand.
1935 Punch 4 Dec. 637/3 The ‘inside stand’, as the business of insinuating a member of a gang into the doomed house is called.
1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing v. 54 The butler turned out to be one of a gang of crooks, planted in the house to make it easy for them to break in. The inside stand, it's called.
inside-tin n. (see quot.).
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Inside-tin (Bookbinding), a plate laid inside the cover of a book when placed in the standing-press.
inside work n. Boxing, fighting.
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1929 Evening News 18 Nov. 16/4 Chew..attempted many times to get the better of Watson at inside work.
Derivatives
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb]
inneOE
innerlyc1330
ina1400
interially?a1475
inwardly1483
intrinsically1584
internally1598
interiorly1759
insidely1803
inside1824
1803 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 457 You say something outsidely rude and insidely civil about its being my choice to edit.
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inside break n. Surfing a surfing location or ‘break’ (break n.1 Additions) between an outside break and the shore; cf. outside break n. at outside n., adj., adv., and prep. Compounds.
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1935 T. Blake Hawaiian Surfboard i. 6 A hundred yards from shore he encounters the inside or third break.
1963 D. H. Stern & W. S. Cleary Surfing Guide to S. Calif. 179 [The] inside break known locally as ‘Malcolm's Reef’.
2011 Vanity Fair Feb. 120/2 The North Shore..contains several dozen renowned surfing spots—particularly the ‘inside breaks’ of Pipeline, Sunset Beach, and Waimea Bay.
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Surfing. to be caught inside and variants: to be trapped by the impact of a breaking wave or set of waves and unable to paddle out beyond this.
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1963 D. H. Stern & W. S. Cleary Surfing Guide to S. Calif. 193 Caught inside at La Jolla Cove, Phil Barber says his prayers.
1973 W. D. Nelson Surfing ii. 10 Don't get caught inside by the next big set.
2015 New Yorker 1 June 61/2 I wasn't strong enough to hold on to my board when caught inside by six-foot waves.
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Surfing. The area between the breaking waves and the shore. Cf. outside n. 1e.
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1962 T. Masters Surfing made Easy 64 Inside, the area closest to or toward the beach.
1995 Sun Post News (San Clemente, Calif.) 2 Mar. 11/1 McPhillips was catching faster waves, farther out, but Hawkins got in more maneuvers on the inside, near shore.
2010 S. Bleakley Surfing Brilliant Corners vi. 81 On the inside, as the tide drops, the flat reef is alive with spongy seaweed.
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inside joke n. a joke based on a reference or allusion which is understood only by a limited group of people; = in-joke n.rare before mid 20th cent.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > other types of jest or joke
dry biscuit jest1600
kniff-knaff1683
private joke1789
jokelet1847
inside joke1849
wheeze1864
one-liner1904
lavatory joke1931
lavatory humour1935
sight gag1957
cruellie1959
in-joke1964
elephant joke1966
1849 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 10 Mar. 25/1 Speaking of ‘Nick’ reminds me of an ‘inside joke’ about him.
1965 Ebony Aug. 157/2 In the business world there are inside jokes that are told only among members of the trade or business family.
2015 B. Chase One that got Away xiii. 127 I wonder..if it was something the rest of us would even understand, or if it was just some inside joke between the two of them.
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† insidev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To be seated or situated on something.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > be upon something [verb (intransitive)]
to sit on ——eOE
leanOE
restOE
to sit upon ——c1300
set1570
insist1598
seat1607
inside1657
repose1799
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Zz2 On whose summities three..grateful leafs do inside.
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