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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.
- 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.
- Inch - n. - A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.
- Inch - v. t. - To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- Inch - v. t. - To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
- Inch - v. i. - To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
- 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.
- Inchamber - v. t. - To lodge in a chamber.
- Inchambered - imp. & p. p. - of Inchamber
- Inchambering - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Inchamber
- Inchangeability - n. - Unchangeableness.
- Inchant - v. t. - See Enchant.
- Incharitable - a. - Uncharitable; unfeeling.
- Incharity - n. - Want of charity.
- Inchase - v. t. - See Enchase.
- Inchastity - n. - Unchastity.
- Inched - imp. & p. p. - of Inch
- Inched - a. - Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.
- Inchest - v. t. - To put into a chest.
- Inching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Inch
- Inchipin - n. - See Inchpin.
- Inchmeal - n. - A piece an inch long.
- Inchmeal - adv. - Little by little; gradually.
- Inchoate - a. - Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
- Inchoate - v. t. - To begin.
- Pecan - n. - A species of hickory (Carya olivaeformis), growing in North America, chiefly in the Mississippi valley and in Texas, where it is one of the largest of forest trees; also, its fruit, a smooth, oblong nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and well-flavored meat.
- Second - a. - In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
- Papyrus - n. - A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick.
- Volvox - n. - A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
- Calibre - n. - The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
- 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.
- Scale - n. - Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile.
- 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.
- Broad - superl. - Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
- Boomerang - n. - A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.
- Retirade - n. - A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.
- Rope - n. - A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.
- Monkey's puzzle - - A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pion by the Chilians.
- Struntian - n. - A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad.
- Inchmeal - n. - A piece an inch long.
- Valonia - n. - A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
- Discolith - n. - One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter.
- Water inch - - Same as Inch of water, under Water.
- Queensland nut - - The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia.
- Contest - v. t. - To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
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- H5472 סוּג - 5472 סוּג - סוּג - - çûwg - soog - a primitive root; properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize); backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back). - Verb - heb
- H1103 בָּלַס - 1103 בָּלַס - בָּלַס - - bâlaç - baw-las' - a primitive root; to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen them); gatherer. - Verb - heb
- H3784 כָּשַׁף - 3784 כָּשַׁף - כָּשַׁף - - kâshaph - kaw-shaf' - a primitive root; properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic; sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft). - Verb - heb
- G3983 πεινάω - 3983 πεινάω - ΠΕΙΝΆΩ - - peináō - pi-nah'-o - from the same as πένης (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave:--be an hungered. - Verb - greek
- H7169 קָרַץ - 7169 קָרַץ - קָרַץ - - qârats - kaw-rats' - a primitive root; to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it); form, move, wink. - Verb - heb
- H7660 שָׁבַץ - 7660 שָׁבַץ - שָׁבַץ - - shâbats - shaw-bats' - a primitive root; to interweave (colored) threads in squares; by implication (of reticulation) to inchase gems in gold; embroider, set. - Verb - heb