inch
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An English of measure|unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.
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(quote-book) refers to the art of reproducing and controlling dimensions expressed in thousandths of an inch or smaller.|year=1939|author=The Department of Education of (w)|page=1|isbn=9780815621942|year_published=1978|pageurl=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Precision_Measurement_in_the_Metal_Worki/I0ES8Ayew2gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1|chapter=I|oclc=1089511160|publisher=Syracuse University Press|location=Syracuse, N.Y.|edition=first paperback binding|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Precision_Measurement_in_the_Metal_Worki/I0ES8Ayew2gC?hl=en&gbpv=0
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Any of various similar of measure|units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
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A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
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(quote-journal) scored from an acute angle on the stroke of half-time. The game appeared to be completely beyond Birmingham’s reach three minutes into the second period when (w) reacted quickly to bundle the ball past (w) and off a post.
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
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To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
(senseid) A small (l); an (l).
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(senseid) A (l), (l), (l), or (l).
(quote-book ) |year=1988 |title=To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood |publisher=Brandon Ltd |page=6 |isbn=9780863220999 |passage=An ivy-clad farmhouse surrounded by trees, it stood on the sunny side of a sloping hill at the foot of which the Darigle river curved its way through gold-furzed inches to disappear under a stone bridge into the woods beyond.
(quote-book ) |year=1988 |title=To School Through the Fields: An Irish Country Childhood |publisher=Brandon Ltd |page=22 |isbn=9780863220999 |passage=As these calves grew older they did not need to return to the farmyard for feeding as they were able to eat sufficient grass for themselves. They were then kept in the fields, known as the inches, along by the river, where they grew strong, and during the winter cold when grass was scarce, hay was carried down to them.
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