In·ner a.
  1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.
  2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.
  This attracts the soul,
  Governs the inner man, the nobler part.   --Milton.
  3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
  Inner house Scot., the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings.
  Inner jib Naut., a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.
  Inner plate Arch., the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.
  Inner post Naut., a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.
  Inner square Carp., the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.
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