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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inch  \Inch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Inched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Inching}.] 
  1.  To  drive  by  inches,  or  small  degrees.  [R.] 
 
  He  gets  too  far  into  the  soldier's  grace  And  inches 
  out  my  master.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  deal  out  by  inches;  to  give  sparingly.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inch  \Inch\,  n.  [Gael.  inis.] 
  An  island;  --  often  used  in  the  names  of  small  islands  off 
  the  coast  of  Scotland,  as  in  Inchcolm  Inchkeith  etc 
  [Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inch  \Inch\,  n.  [OE.  inche,  unche,  AS  ynce,  L.  uncia  the 
  twelfth  part  inch,  ounce.  See  {Ounce}  a  weight.] 
  1.  A  measure  of  length,  the  twelfth  part  of  a  foot,  commonly 
  subdivided  into  halves,  quarters,  eights,  sixteenths, 
  etc.,  as  among  mechanics.  It  was  also  formerly  divided 
  into  twelve  parts  called  lines,  and  originally  into  three 
  parts  called  barleycorns,  its  length  supposed  to  have 
  been  determined  from  three  grains  of  barley  placed  end  to 
  end  lengthwise.  It  is  also  sometimes  called  a  prime  ('), 
  composed  of  twelve  seconds  (''),  as  in  the  duodecimal 
  system  of  arithmetic. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inch  \Inch\,  v.  i. 
  To  advance  or  retire  by  inches  or  small  degrees;  to  move 
  slowly. 
 
  With  slow  paces  measures  back  the  field,  And  inches  to 
  the  walls.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inch  \Inch\,  a. 
  Measurement  an  inch  in  any  dimension,  whether  length, 
  breadth,  or  thickness;  --  used  in  composition;  as  a  two-inch 
  cable;  a  four-inch  plank. 
 
  {Inch  stuff},  boards,  etc.,  sawed  one  inch  thick. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  inch 
  n  1:  a  unit  of  length  (in  United  States  and  Britain)  equal  to  one 
  twelfth  of  a  foot  [syn:  {in}] 
  2:  a  unit  of  measurement  for  advertising  space  [syn:  {column 
  inch}] 
  v  :  advance  slowly,  as  if  by  inches  [syn:  {edge}]




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