In"ning (?), n. [AS. innung, fr. in in, prep. & adv.]
1.
Ingathering; harvesting.
[Obs.]
Holland.
2.
The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- 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.
3. pl.
Lands recovered from the sea.
Ainsworth.
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