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  • instead
    [OED, only adv. or with of] conj. instead of (doing, etc.): The girls just have illegitimate children, making the city
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  • inside
    prep. in (a book, newspaper, etc.): I read it inside one book (Nassau). (Gen). -- adj. or adv. [cf OUTSIDE
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  • insertion
    n. a style of plaiting narrow strips of STRAW1 (Bannister display). (Black)
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  • in quest
    [perhaps from in check, influenced by conquest or inquest] phr. to admit defeat in playing cards or marbles, one says
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  • ink bush
    [W3 different sp.] n. a shrub, Forestiera segregata: 1920 (Britton 327). cf.
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  • ink-berry
    [W3, DJE different sp.; from the ink-like juice of the fruit] n.
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  • Injun
    [W Car.; also US dial. ADD] n. Indian; native American: 1936 Wun Injun who got money an' stuff pile up
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  • inherit
    (by semantic broadening] v. to receive (a large sum of money or a reward): 1966 You will inherit ten billion
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  • Indian spinach
    [from its place of origin] n. a plant, Basella alba: 1889 Indian spinach. . .introduced from the East Indies (Gardner
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  • Indian corn
    [cf. Brit, corn grain; maize was origin-ally called Indian wheat (obs. → 1746 DAE) and Indian corn (1621→ . DAE)
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