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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inn \Inn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inned}; p. pr & vb n. {Inning}.] To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inning \In"ning\, n. [AS. innung, fr in in prep. & adv.] 1. Ingathering; harvesting. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. The state or turn of being in specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as the Whigs went out and the Democrats had their innings. 3. pl Lands recovered from the sea. --Ainsworth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inning n : a period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat [syn: {frame}]
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