shredded tobacco; pipe tobacco
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
counting by the minute (of a schedule, etc.)
in steps of; in units of; calculated by
(at a) snail's pace; inch by (painful) inch
notch; nick; marks on a ruler
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing