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English → English (gcide) Definition: Inner house Inner \In"ner\ ([i^]n"n[~e]r), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.] 1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena. [1913 Webster] This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man, the nobler part. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]