Definition of inch

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Inch (n.) An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc..

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Shilfa :: Shilfa (n.) The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.
Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar..
Windle :: Windle (n.) A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
Wheatsel Bird :: Wheatsel bird () The male of the chaffinch.
Arshine :: Arshine (n.) A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
Flincher :: Flincher (n.) One who flinches or fails.
Quinology :: Quinology (n.) The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine..
Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.
Inchoative :: Inchoative (a.) Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb..
Breadfruit :: Breadfruit (n.) The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name..
Handful :: Handful (n.) A hand's breadth; four inches.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..
Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..
Nail :: Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..
Quinch :: Quinch (v. i.) To stir; to wince.
Clincher :: Clincher (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast..
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Wheatbird :: Wheatbird (n.) A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch..
Chinch :: Chinch (n.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor..
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