Inserting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inserting \In*sert"ing\, n.
     1. A setting in.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments.
        [R.]


        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insert \In*sert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inserted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Inserting}.] [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert;
     pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See {Series}.]
     To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce;
     to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to
     insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or
     passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a
     newspaper.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           These words were very weakly inserted where they will
           be so liable to misconstruction.         --Bp.
                                                    Stillingfleet.
     [1913 Webster]