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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Interior

In-tē'ri-or, a.

adjective

(89), a. [Lat., comparative of intĕrus, for internus, inward, internal; It. interiore, Pr. & Sp. interior, Fr. intérieur.]

  1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; internal; inner; — opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior ornaments; the interior surface of a hollow ball; the interior parts of the earth.
  2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a country, state, or kingdom.

Interior angle (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting them; — called also internal angle. — Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit of the earth. — Interior slope of a parapet (Fort.), the slope against which men lean in firing. See BREAST-HEIGHT, and Illust. of Abatis.

In-tē'ri-or, n.

noun

n. 1. The internal part of a thing; the inside. 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. 3. (Government.) That department of the government of any country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department.

Secretary of the Interior, a public officer having charge of certain home concerns of the government, such as pensions, lands, patents, &c.