Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inchmeal \Inch"meal`\, n. [See {Meal} a part, and cf.
   {Piecemeal}.]
   A piece an inch long.

   {By inchmeal}, by small degrees; by inches. --Shak.

Inchmeal \Inch"meal`\, adv.
   Little by little; gradually.