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Inning : (noun)
1: a period of play in baseball during which each team has a
turn at bat [syn: frame]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Inn \Inn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inning.]
To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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