Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inch \Inch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Inching}.]
   1. To drive by inches, or small degrees. [R.]

            He gets too far into the soldier's grace And inches
            out my master.                        --Dryden.

   2. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly. [R.]

Inch \Inch\, n. [Gael. inis.]
   An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off
   the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.
   [Scot.]

Inch \Inch\, n. [OE. inche, unche, AS. ynce, L. uncia the
   twelfth part, inch, ounce. See {Ounce} a weight.]
   1. 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 \Inch\, v. i.
   To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move
   slowly.

         With slow paces measures back the field, And inches to
         the walls.                               --Dryden.

Inch \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.

   {Inch stuff}, boards, etc., sawed one inch thick.

Source : WordNet®

inch
     v : advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
         [syn: {edge}]

inch
     n 1: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot [syn: {in}]
     2: a unit of measurement for advertising space [syn: {column
        inch}]