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Inning
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. Lands recovered from the sea. Ainsworth.