Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inch"
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) 1.7 (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; "He edged towards the car"
[syn: {edge}]
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