Small

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make little or less.

II. Small ·adv Not loudly; faintly; timidly.

III. Small ·noun Smallclothes.

IV. Small ·noun ·same·as Little go. ·see under Little, ·adj.

V. Small ·superl Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.

VI. Small ·adv In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.

VII. Small ·noun The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.

VIII. Small ·superl Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.

IX. Small ·superl Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded;

— sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.

X. Small ·superl Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.

XI. Small ·superl Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.

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