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noun

Inning n.

Ingathering; harvesting. (Obs.)

The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc., each period during which both teams get one turn each at bat; as, in baseball there are nine innings to a complete game; often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings.

pl. Lands recovered from the sea.

verb

Inn v. t.

To house; to lodge. (Obs.) "When he had brought them into his city And inned them, everich at his degree."

To get in; to in. See In, v. t.

Inn v. i. (past & past part. inned; pres. part. inning) To take lodging; to lodge. (R.)

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"Inning" Quotes from Famous Books

... at the second half of the sixth inning, and the score stood, Hixley High, 4; Colby Hall, 2. Colby Hall was at the bat with two men out ...

— The Rover Boys Under Canvas - or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine • Arthur M. Winfield

... gave Mrs. Wren her inning once more, and she improved the opportunity; for she built an unusually fine nest, which is not altogether apparent in this illustration. The box containing the nest was placed upon a ledge of the porch and so could be easily taken ...

— Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual - Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State • Various

... of any bunch of rustlers that Hank Fisher can scare up," he went on, "but it isn't a man's personal feelings we got to consider. It's for the good of this ranch. And, as Bud says, we want to make a clean-up this inning." ...

— The Boy Ranchers on the Trail • Willard F. Baker

... for you, Willard," said Manager Watson, when the inning was over. "Cooney, you go out ...

— Baseball Joe in the Big League - or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles • Lester Chadwick

... detailed figures, I'll prove what I say. I don't want to give the figures now, because I want to keep them to back me up when I go to Albany to get the civil service law repealed. Don't you think that when I've had my inning, the civil service law will go down, and the people will see that the politicians are all right, and that they ought to have the job of runnin' things when ...

— Plunkitt of Tammany Hall • George Washington Plunkitt

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