inlying

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The inlying pickets were accordingly doubled, and every man slept in his clothes, so as to be ready.

From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston

A body of cavalry who were in their way—an inlying picket—proved for the moment unsteady, and thus the rebels reached the post at which two of Major Tombs’ guns were placed.

From Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Behind it the infantry lie down to sleep, a section of each company, as an inlying picket, dressed and accoutred.

From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston

A strong inlying piquet, to act eventually as a reserve, must be placed in a central position.

From Cavalry in Future Wars by Goldman, Charles Sydney

True polish in marble or in speech reveals inlying realities, and, in the latter at least, mere smoothness, either of sound or of meaning, is not worthy of the name.

From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by MacDonald, George