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Webster 1913 Edition
Inn
Inn
(ĭn)
, Noun.
1.
A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Therefore with me ye may take up your
For this same night.
inn
For this same night.
Spenser.
2.
A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
☞ As distinguished from a private boarding house, an inn is a house for the entertainment of all travelers of good conduct and means of payment, as guests for a brief period, not as lodgers or boarders by contract.
The miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial
inn
. W. Irving.
3.
The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person;
as, Leicester
. Inn
[Eng.]
4.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers;
as, the
Inns
of Court; the Inns
of Chancery; Serjeants’ Inns
.Inns of chancery
(Eng.)
, colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies, now occupied chiefly bp attorn`ys, solocitors, etc.
– Inns of court
(Eng.)
, the four societies of “students and practicers of the law of England” which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.
Inn
(ĭn)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inned
(ĭnd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inning
.] To take lodging; to lodge.
[R.]
Addison.
Inn
,Verb.
T.
1.
To house; to lodge.
[Obs.]
When he had brought them into his city
And
And
inned
them, everich at his degree. Chaucer.
2.
To get in; to in. See
In
, Verb.
T.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inn
INN
,Noun.
1.
A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. In America, it is often a tavern, where liquors are furnished for travelers and others. There was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2.
2.
In England, a college of municipal or common law professors and students; formerly, the town-house of a nobleman, bishop or other distinguished personage, in which he resided when he attended the court.Inns of court, colleges in which students of law reside and are instructed. The principal are the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn.
Inns of chancery, colleges in which young students formerly began their law studies. These are now occupied chiefly by attorneys, solicitors, &c.