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Webster 1913 Edition

Inlet

In′let

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Noun.
1.
A passage by which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance;
especially,
a narrow waterway leading into a harbor.
Doors and windows,
inlets
of men and of light.
Sir H. Wotton.
2.
A bay or recess, as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands.
3.
That which is let in or inlaid; an inserted material.
☞ Inlet is also used adjectively, as in inlet pipe, inlet valve, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inlet

IN'LET

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Noun.
[in and let.] A passage or opening by which an inclosed place may be entered; place of ingress; entrance. Thus, a window is an inlet for light into a house; the senses are the inlets of ideas or perceptions into the mind.
1.
A bay or recess in the shore of the sea or of a lake or large river, or between isles.
In limine, [L.] at the threshold; at the beginning or outset.

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