Inrunning

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or the place of entrance archaic
  2. 2
    an inlet.

    "And Lancelot answer'd nothing, but he went, / And at the inrunning of a little brook / Sat by the river in a cove"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Running or flowing inward. not-comparable

    "an inrunning current has at last become enabled to flow out by its old path again"

Example

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"an inrunning current has at last become enabled to flow out by its old path again"

Etymology

From in- + running.

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