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inch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynce, borrowed from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”). Doublet of ounce.
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
- (figuratively) A very short distance.
- "Don't move an inch!"
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (inchi)
- ? Korean: ?? (inchi)
Translations
Verb
inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)
- (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- thou
- mil
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic innis
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- (Scotland) A small island
Usage notes
- Found especially in the names of small Scottish islands, e.g. Inchcolm, Inchkeith.
Anagrams
- Ch'in, Chin, chin, ichn-
Middle English
Noun
inch
- Alternative form of ynche
inch From the web:
- = 2.54 centimeters
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foolscap
English
Etymology
Probably from a watermark of a fool's cap.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?fu?l.skæp/, /?fu?lz.kæp/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?f?l.skæp/, /?fo?l.skæp/
Noun
foolscap (plural foolscaps)
- Alternative form of fool's cap
- (strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
- (more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
- At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
- Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.
Derived terms
- double foolscap
Translations
See also
- legal
- quarto
References
- Michael Quinion (2004) , “Foolscap”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN
- (A paper sizes): 2A0 A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10
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