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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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Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..

Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco..

Serin :: Serin (n.) A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.

Flinch :: Flinch (n.) The act of flinching.

Siskin :: Siskin (n.) A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine..

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..

Foot :: Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Bloodulf :: Bloodulf (n.) The European bullfinch.

Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..

Quinch :: Quinch (v. i.) To stir; to wince.

Nail :: Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..

Glossocomon :: Glossocomon (n.) A kind of hoisting winch.

Tonnihood :: Tonnihood (n.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.

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..

Pinefinch :: Pinefinch (n.) The pine grosbeak.

Clinch :: Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Valinch :: Valinch (n.) A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.

Hungered :: Hungered (a.) Hungry; pinched for food.

Alp :: Alp (n.) A bullfinch.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.