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单词 in and in
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in and inadv.n.

Forms: Also in-and-in.
Etymology: in adv.
A. adv.
1.
a. Further and further in; continually inwards; esp. in phrase to breed in and in, to breed always within a limited stock (see breed v. Phrases); so to marry in and in, to marry with near relatives, in successive generations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > more > further and further in
in and ina1637
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adverb] > inbreeding
in and ina1637
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (intransitive)] > inbreed
to breed in and in1828
a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. ii, in Wks. (1640) III A weaver he was..his shittle Went in and in still. We [joiners] do lay Things in and in, in our work.
1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 61 Should he (as the term is) breed them in and in..the breed would degenerate.
1794 Sporting Mag. 4 115 This practice is well known, under the term of breeding in-and-in.
1828 T. B. Macaulay Misc. Writings (1860) I. 266 Their minds, if we may so express ourselves, bred in and in.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 163 The marrying in and in of the same family tends constantly to weakness or idiotcy.
b. Entirely in, sharing fully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > sharing > [adverb] > sharing fully
in and in1926
1926 J. Black You can't Win x. 131 We know you are ‘right’... That's why you are declared ‘in and in’ with the works.
c. attributive (in quasi-adj. use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adjective] > in or relating to the inner part(s) > more within > further and further in
in and in1831
1831 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. 14 444 They maintained a sort of in-and-in communication with each other.
1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects iv. 75 Avoiding in-and-in breeding.
1881 J. P. Sheldon Dairy Farming 13/1 The practice of close in-and-in breeding has..produced extraordinary results.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 July 1/2 Sometimes it leads to ‘in-and-in’ marrying, and the royal families deteriorate or die of exhaustion.
1892 Daily News 19 Jan. 2/6 The charter was, in fact, nothing more nor less than an in-and-in system between two colleges which would have the main control of the faculties and the studies and the examinations.
2. (See quot. 1926.)
ΚΠ
1926 Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 14 In and in, a method of packing reams too large conveniently to travel flat. The ream is divided in half, and the two portions clasped in and in to each other.
B. n.
1.
a. The name given to a throw made with four dice, when these fell all alike or as two doublets. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > doublets or triplets
ames-ace?a1300
ternsa1400
doubletc1450
sinesc1450
in and in1633
pair royal1656
duplet1671
loader1693
snake eyes1918
1633 J. Shirley Gamester iii. iv A curse upon these reeling dice! That last in-and-in was out my way ten pieces.
1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master v. i The devil's in the dice if you throw twice in and in, without any light.
1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 44 The highest Duplets wins except you throw In and In, which is call'd Raffle.
b. A gambling game, played by three persons with four dice; the player who threw in and in (see above) took all the stake. Obsolete.A full description of the game is given in Cotton's Compleat Gamester (1680) 117.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > other dice games
rafflec1405
passagec1425
treygobet1426
mumchance1528
trey-trip1564
lots?1577
novum?1577
fox-mine-host1622
in and in1630
merry main1664
snake1688
pass-dice1753
chicken hazard1781
Shaking in the Shallow1795
sequin hazard1825
chuck-a-luck1836
Newmarket1837
chicken1849
poker dice1870
under and over1890
sweat1894
crown and anchor1902
Murrumbidgee1917
beetle1936
liar dice1946
Yahtzee1957
1630 B. Jonson New Inne iii. i He is a merchant still, adventurer, At in-and-in.
1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iii I saw you..inveigle a third man at Six-penny In and In.
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (1680) 13 I have seen three persons sit down at twelve penny In and In [etc.].
2. A space which opens up and ever discloses something further in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > a space disclosing something within
in and in1890
1890 J. H. Stirling Philos. & Theol. iv. 69 A boundless in and in of subjective internalities.
3. slang. (See quot. 1935.)
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gaming > cheating or swindling in
gammoning1700
blacklegism1827
black-leggery1832
bunco1872
in and in1935
1935 Evening News 29 June 3/2 The ‘in-and-in’ is simply the point at which the swindler apparently risks his own money with that of the dupe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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