Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Inching"
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.]
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