Inch

inch, n. The 12th part of a lineal foot; a small distance or degree. [AS. ynce, fr. L. uncia, an inch, also an ounce.] — Inch'-meal, -mel, n. A piece an am, fame, far, oa or opera, fare end, INCLINE inch long. — adv. By small degrees; little by — By inch-meal, by inches. Gradually.