In‐tes″tine (?), a. [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See In.]
1. Internal; inward; — opposed to external.
Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs,
Intestine stone and ulcers. Milton.
2. Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; — applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.
Hoping here to end
Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued. Milton.
An intestine struggle... between authority and liberty. Hume.
3. Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
Everything labors under an intestine necessity. Cudworth.
4. Shut up; inclosed. Cowper.