Inland

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The interior part of a country.

II. Inland ·adv Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.

III. Inland ·adj Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.

IV. Inland ·adj Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. ·see Exchange.

V. Inland ·adj Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, ·etc.

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