inching

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]