To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
to humiliate; to provoke; to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner
A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
A small island; an islet.
A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
Any very short distance.
A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, roughly the width of a thumb.
Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
cocky and cheeky
To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
To furnish with a nose.
To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
To detect by smell or as if by smell.
To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
To snoop.
To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
A downward projection from a cornice.
The skill in recognising bouquet.
A perfumer.
An informer.
A snout, the nose of an animal.
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
The power of smelling.
Skill at finding information.
The tip of an object.