In″ner (ĭn″nẽr), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.] 1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.
2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.
This attracts the soul,
Governs the inner man, the nobler part. Milton.
3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.
Inner house(Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings. — Inner jib(Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom. — Inner plate(Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof. — Inner post(Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms. — Inner square(Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.