water-inch
[ waw-ter-inch, wot-er- ]
nounHydraulics.
the quantity of water (approx. 500 cubic feet) discharged in 24 hours through a circular opening of one inch diameter leading from a reservoir in which the water is constantly only high enough to cover the orifice.
Origin of water-inch
1First recorded in 1850–55
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How to use water-inch in a sentence
No time to get one's breath, no chance to edge into the cold water inch by inch—the thing was to be done at once.
I Walked in Arden | Jack CrawfordHe crawled into the water inch by inch, scarcely breaking the calm, black surface.
Brothers of Peril | Theodore Goodridge Roberts
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