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Same as Inch of water, under Water.
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n.
A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
a.
Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness; -- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Inch
v. t.
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
n.
A piece an inch long.
n.
See Inchpin.
a.
Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched bridge.
n.
An inchoative verb. See Inceptive.
v. i.
To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
a.
Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an inchoative verb.
imp. & p. p.
of Inchamber
n.
An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
v. t.
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
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.
n.
Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.
imp. & p. p.
of Inch
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Inchamber
n.
A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
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.
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