1.b> 1) (= 2,54 ;i> .i> in.); there are 12 inches in a foot i> ; cubic inch ; an inch thick [long] []; an inch of snow ; an atmospheric pressure of 30 inches (762 i>) ; she is five feet six inches ; to the depth of an inch ;
2) pl i> ; a man of inches ;
2.b> , i> ; within an inch ; he escaped death by an inch i> ;
inchb> by inch, by inchesb> ; -; -; to die by inchesb> / ; every inchb> , , ; he is noble every inch of him ; a gentleman every inch of him ; he is every inch a soldier ; to sell by inchb> of candleb> , / , ; an inchb> breaks no squareb> .i> ; ; give him an inchb> and he will take a mileb> , ; , .
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