Inch

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 261
insh, n. the twelfth pair of a foot* pro- verbidly, a small distance or degree By Inches, by slow degrees fA S ynit\ an nub — L. vnaa the twelllli part of anything, an inch, also an ounce {tw-elflli of a pound i>ouhlet Ounce. Inch, insh, Inched, insht, ad/, containing inrhes Inchoate, in' at, adj, only begun unfinished - « Inchoa'tion, beginning —adj Inchoative, inceptive. [L. ttnhoo xmhantus, to begin.] Incidence, in'si-dens, n a fiallmg Upon the meeting of one body with another — An glo of Incidence, the angle at which a ray of light or radiant heat falls upon a surface. [See Incident Incident, in'si-deni, adj falling upon fortuitous liable to occur, naturally belonging —n. that which falls out or happens an event a subordinate action an episode |Fr — incltiens
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