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Definition of By inches
1. Adverb. By a short distance. "They moved it by inches"
Lexicographical Neighbors of By Inches
Literary usage of By inches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Homes: Or, Sketches of Houses Suited to American Country Life, with by Gervase Wheeler (1853)
"Frame quarter partitions of heads and •ills inches by inches ; door-posts, side-
posta, plates above doors, and braces inches by inches. ..."
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