Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the inner part; on the inside.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete In the inner parts; inside.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb intransitive preposition, archaic Within, inside.
  • preposition archaic Within, inside.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From within + side; compare inside.

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Examples

  • At this moment a noise was heard from withinside of the house, and presently rushed forth Peter Peebles, pursued by Nanty Ewart with his drawn hanger, and the worthy Quaker, who was endeavouring to prevent mischief to others, at some risk of bringing it on himself.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • All the windows had blown in, and some of the metal had been bent withinside the carriage.

    CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2005 2005

  • Platitude tried to fling himself down; and then there were various evolutions withinside the pale, and the scarlet figures got up and sat down; and this kind of thing continued for some time.

    Lavengro 2004

  • Great operation, but they must maintain their focus, and their focus is still on a very lethal enemy that's still withinside Iraq.

    CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2003 2003

  • But the individuals who are actually carrying out the attacks I think, for the most part, are coming from withinside Iraq.

    CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2003 2003

  • A Pakistani delegation went into Afghanistan to meet with Taliban leaders to demand that the Taliban turn over Osama bin Laden, also demand that the Taliban release some Western aid workers being held on charges they were promoting Christianity withinside (sic) Afghanistan.

    CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2001 2001

  • The two gable ends of the roof have holes cut in them, _i, k_, to admit the circulation of air; and secured with perforated zinc withinside to prevent the intrusion of wasps, or any other enemies to bees; the gable marked _i_, shows the perforated zinc framed into the gable, and _k_ the outside appearance of the ventilator.

    A Description of the Bar-and-Frame-Hive With an Abstract of Wildman's Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year William Augustus Munn

  • That the Temple was of a _religious_, and not of a warlike nature, is proved by its ditch being withinside the agger of earth, contrary to the mode adopted in works of defence.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 Various

  • A large extent of water presently became visible withinside, and although the entrance seemed to be very narrow, and there were in it strong ripplings like breakers, I was induced to steer in at half-past one; the ship being close upon a wind and every man ready for tacking at a moment's warning.

    The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914

  • _ The lower story of the said frame withinside ... [to be] paled in below with good, strong, and sufficient new oaken boards ....

    Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Joseph Quincy Adams 1913

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