[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inch \inch\, v. t. imp.  p. p. inched; p. pr.  vb. n.
   inching.
   1913 webster
   1. to drive by inches, or small degrees. r.
      1913 webster

            he gets too far into the soldier's grace
            and inches out my master.             --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to deal out by inches; to give sparingly. r.
      1913 webster
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inched inching 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

inched \inched\, a.
   having or measuring so many inches; as, a four-inched
   bridge. --shak.
   1913 webster

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