Definition of inch

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Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.

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Goldfinch :: Goldfinch (n.) A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.
Monk :: Monk (n.) The European bullfinch.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Sinch :: Sinch (n.) A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass..
Redpoll :: Redpoll (n.) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet..
Chaffinch :: Chaffinch (n.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Blue-eyed Grass :: Blue-eyed grass () a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color..
Pinefinch :: Pinefinch (n.) The pine grosbeak.
Inched :: Inched (a.) Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge..
Hair''sbreadth :: Hair'sbreadth () The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch..
Inch :: Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
Inchipin :: Inchipin (n.) See Inchpin.
Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..
Metrical :: Metrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system..
Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..
Glossocomon :: Glossocomon (n.) A kind of hoisting winch.
Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..
Unflinching :: Unflinching (a.) Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding.
Inchoative :: Inchoative (a.) Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb..
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