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Definition of inch

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Inch (n.) 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..

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Quinic :: Quinic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance..

Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter..

Linchi :: Linchi (n.) An esculent swallow.

Chinche :: Chinche (a.) Parsimonious; niggardly.

Sheldaple :: Sheldaple (n.) A chaffinch.

Round :: Round (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round..

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..

Cinchona :: Cinchona (n.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..

Clincher :: Clincher (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast..

Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..

Greenfinch :: Greenfinch (n.) A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep..

Chill :: Chill (n.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever..

Chinch :: Chinch (n.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.

Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..

Chinchilla :: Chinchilla (n.) The fur of the chinchilla.

Cinchonize :: Cinchonize (v. t.) To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.