Inch : (noun)
1: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot [syn: in]
2: a unit of measurement for advertising space [syn: column
inch]
(verb)
1: advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
[syn: edge]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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INCH. Based on the Latin uncia. A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part
of a foot.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Inch : Inch: In length, 1/12th of foot or 1/36 of a yard or, metrically, 2.54 centimeters. The inch, along with the foot and yard, are Old World creations to which the USA has stubbornly
clung. The inch was originally about the length of the last bone (distal phalanx) in a man's thumb and served as a measurement of land. The etymology (word history) of "inch" is remarkable.
It originally meant "one twelfth". The abbreviation is "in."
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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