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, a. Measuring 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.
In*cham"ber (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inchambered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Inchambering.] [Pref. in- in + chamber: cf. OF. enchambrer.] To lodge
in a chamber. [R.] Sherwood.
In*change`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Unchangeableness. [Obs.] Kenrick.
In*chant" (?), v. t. See Enchant.
In*char"i*ta*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. incharitable.] Uncharitable;
unfeeling. [Obs.] Shak.
In*char"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. incharité.] Want of charity. [Obs.]
Evelyn.
In*chase" (?), v. t. See Enchase.
In*chas"ti*ty (?), n. [Pref. in- not + chastity: cf. F. inchasteté.]
Unchastity. [Obs.] Milton.
Inched (?), a. Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched
bridge. Shak.
In*chest" (?), v. t. To put into a chest.
Inch"i*pin (?), n. See Inchpin.
Inch"meal` (?), n. [See Meal a part, and cf. Piecemeal.] A piece an
inch long.
By inchmeal, by small degrees; by inches. Shak.
Inch"meal`, adv. Little by little; gradually.
In"cho*ate (?), a. [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare
to begin.] Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully
in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete. --
In"cho*ate*ly, adv.
Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate.
Raleigh.
In"cho*ate (?), v. t. To begin. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
In`cho*a"tion (?), n. [L. inchoatio, incohatio.] Act of beginning;
commencement; inception.
The setting on foot some of those arts, in those parts, would be
looked on as the first inchoation of them.
Sir M. Hale.
It is now in actual progress, from the rudest inchoation to the
most elaborate finishing.