inning

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inning - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inn \Inn\ ([i^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inned ([i^]nd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Inning.]
     To take lodging; to lodge. [R.] --Addison.
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  Inning \In"ning\, n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.]
     1. Ingathering; harvesting. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     2. The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket,
        baseball, etc., each period during which both teams get
        one turn each at bat; as, in baseball there are nine
        innings to a complete game; -- 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.
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     3. pl. Lands recovered from the sea. --Ainsworth.
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inning - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inning
      n 1: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
           team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]