Inch (Scots) Totally Explained

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ť This article is about a unit of measurement. The word "inch" is also used in Scotland as an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Innis, meaning an island, or piece of dry land in a swamp, for example Insch, Inchkeith, Inchkenneth.

A Scottish inch (Scottish Gaelic: òirleach) was a Scottish measurement of length.
Equivalent to -

Scottish measures
- 1/12 ft
Metric system
- 2.554 cm
Imperial system
- 1.0016 inches (External Link)

It was used in the popular expression - ť "Gie 'im an inch, an he'll tak an ell"

(equivalent to "Give him an inch, and he'll take a mile")
A Scottish square inch was equivalent to 1.0256 imperial square inches and 6.4516 square centimetres.

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