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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fireside.

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Examples

  • A sofa upholstered in prune plush had been translocated from opposite the door to the ingleside near the compactly furled Union

    Ulysses 2003

  • John, however, walked quietly in, and sat down on a heap of rubbish by the ingleside; and William, following his example, sat down over-against him.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 Various

  • Here for the asking was a competence, love, an ingleside of his own.

    The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages James Branch Cabell 1918

  • ‘Oh aye, sir, there’s nae doubt o’ that, though there are mony idle clashes about the way and manner; for it’s an auld story now, and everybody tells it, as we were doing, their ain way by the ingleside.

    Chapter XII 1917

  • A sofa upholstered in prune plush had been translocated from opposite the door to the ingleside near the compactly furled Union Jack (an alteration which he had frequently intended to execute): the blue and white checker inlaid majolicatopped table had been placed opposite the door in the place vacated by the prune plush sofa: the walnut sideboard

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • John Paul was kneeling upon the flags by the ingleside, his face buried on the open Bible in his mother's lap.

    Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • John Paul was kneeling upon the flags by the ingleside, his face buried on the open Bible in his mother's lap.

    Richard Carvel — Volume 04 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Old Jerry found again his warm seat by the ingleside, where doubtless he

    My day : reminiscences of a long life, 1909

  • John Paul was kneeling upon the flags by the ingleside, his face buried on the open Bible in his mother's lap.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • Your silent house hath need of him, your lonely ingleside

    The Four Winds of Eirinn 1906

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