The spider was climbing the tree by inchmeal. From LearnThat.org.
The breeze took us past and the pilot yanked the blast handle, giving us a final inchmeal rise. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
I make these points not to defend the media, which can hardly be criticized enough for their own health, but to raise yet again the question of why the Clintons from beginning to end chose the inchmeal tactics of trench warfare to defend themselves when they came under fire, throwing up a smokescreen of fibs and disclosing as little as possible. From Wordnik.com. [In Clinton's Court] Reference
Pakistan in particular, if the inchmeal approach of the Taliban toward the capital is not halted, will need to be robustly confronted. From Wordnik.com. [Indymedia Ireland] Reference
He could be as patient as Death, that inchmeal stalker of his prey; he could be as ruthless as the sea, and incredibly generous upon occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay] Reference
Others, such as Shakespeare's inchmeal, still occasionally used, seem to have come into use in the 16th century: "unciatim inche by inche, inchemeale" (Cooper, 1573). From Wordnik.com. [Laudator Temporis Acti] Reference
By inchmeal a disease!. From Wordnik.com. [feeling a little better] Reference
I am a sanguinary murderer of time, that would kill him inchmeal just now. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays] Reference
Blameless. inchmeal adv. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
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