Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Inch
inch, n. [OE ynce < L. 'twelfth part'.] (webplay: foot, measure).
- Fragment; small piece; twelfth part of a foot; unit of linear measurement in Great Britain and the United States; [fig.] instant; moment of life; precise point of time.
- Phrase. “final inch”: death; last breath.
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