Inch
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
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.
A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.
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Inch Quotations
Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day.
Barack Obama
Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.
John Steinbeck
There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
Bill Watterson
We estimated that we could make one of four cylinders with 4 inch bore and 4 inch stroke, weighing not over two hundred pounds, including all accessories.
Orville Wright
You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.
George MacDonald
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
Larry Bird
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Henry B. Adams
Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word.
Buffalo Bill
I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard!
William Lloyd Garrison
Inch Translations
inch in Dutch is duim als lengtemaat
inch in German is Zoll
inch in Norwegian is tomme
inch in Portuguese is polegada
inch in Swedish is tum
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